The Efficiency of Art-Based Interventions in Parental Training

Course overview

In recent years. the field of art therapy has gained momentum, but art therapists still tend to work verbally during sessions with parents. The therapeutic approach presented here is anchored in the notion that the encounter between the art world and treatment creates a unique relationship between therapist, parents, art based interventions, and the artwork. When parents take part in a therapeutic experience that enables them to create and play with art materials, they may accept and appreciate their inner child more easily. This may help them accept the fact that their own children are dependent on them, while at the same time acknowledging their need for autonomy, which can heighten children's perception of their own acceptance by peers and acceptance by their parents.