Art Therapy

Art Therapy
Definition:
Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative
process of artmaking to improve and enhance the physical,
mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. It is
based on the belief that the creative process, develop
interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase
self-awareness and achieve insight
General Objectives:
The activity mainly aims to enhance the psychological and
emotional well-being of psychiatric patients. This is designed to
establish a channel in expression of feelings through the use of
artistic abilities particularly drawing.
Specific Objectives:
After one and a half hour of nursing intervention, the clients will
be able to:
1.express thoughts and feelings through their output
2.sustain relationship with co-art therapy participants
3.maintain acceptable and positive behavior
throughout the therapy.
Material Used:
bondpaper
crayons
Therapy Process:
1.Gather red clients to the activity area read for art
therapy.
2.Instruct client to sit down while waiting for the
therapist to start.
3.Greet clients one by one and orient to time and place.
4.Brief introduction is given regarding the afternoon’s
activity-art therapy.
5.Obtain participant’s lagda for the day’s activity. Restate
general lagda.
6.Explain objective of the activity.
7.Discuss the set of rules to be followed.
8.Explain the activity proper and what are to be
expected from them.
9.Instruct clients to make the drawing regarding their
thoughts about their family and life making use of the
materials given.
10.Provide the necessary coloring materials.
11.Inform the client of a maximum time allotted for them to
finish which is30 minutes only.
12.Constantly remind client of the remaining time.
13.Praise the client for their work without necessarily
destructing them.
14.Explain to share their thoughts behind their output
and encourage verbalization of feelings.
15.Further give feedbacks to their work.
16.Thank clients for their active participation.
17.Safely accompany clients to their ward.
Therapeutic Exercise
OUTCOMES
1.
Explain the principles associated with the cognitive model that
describes a patient’s adjustment to injury.
2.
Identify various psychological inﬂuences that can affect
aninjured individual, and describe strategies or intervention
tech-niques used to overcome these inﬂuences
3.
Explain the importance of dealing with the psychological con-cerns of
the patient that may arise during the therapeutic exer-cise program, and
identify the referral process if warranted
4.
Describe key factors in the development of a therapeutic
exercise program.
5.
Explain the four phases of a therapeutic exercise program,
including the goals of these phases and methodology
of implementation.
6.
List the criteria used to clear an individual to return to
fullparticipation in sport and physical activity
Dance Therapy Title:
Dancing to the Beat of Your Heart
Definition:
Dance therapy, or dance movement therapy is the
psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers
the emotional, cognitive and physical integration of the individual.
Therapeutic Value
•
Dance movement therapy strengthens thebody/mind
connection through bodymovements to improve both the
mental and physical well-being of individuals
•
Dance/Movement therapy is an expressive
therapy in which people can make personal

statements about their thoughts and feelings in a non-verbal
form. They are subsequently encouraged to put this into words.
Objective:
•
To be able to encourage the different kinds of patient
in the ward to join the therapy
•
To be able to allow the patients express their thoughts and
feelings through the movement of the body
•
To be able to improve the physiological, emotional
and psychological well- being by improving the mood and
relieving the stress of the patient
Materials:
Sound system for the music
extension cords
Music for the dance:
Procedures:
1. The therapist would introduce the activity.
2.Then the patients would be asked to perform a warm up

exercise.
3.After the warm up, the therapists would begin to teach the
simple dance steps.
4. The patients, together with the therapists, would

perform the dance.
5.Evaluation: The patients would be given the chance

to express themselves in doing their own dance or the
dance that was taught

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Dance Therapy Title:

Dancing to the Beat of Your Heart

therapy in which people can make personal

Sound system for the music

Music for the dance:

2.Then the patients would be asked to perform a warm up

4. The patients, together with the therapists, would

5.Evaluation: The patients would be given the chance

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