Author: Dr. Shruti Bhattacharya

Quick answer: In art therapy, colors are a gentle, non-verbal way to express feelings. Some links are widely shared, such as red with anger or love, yellow with joy and grey or black with sadness, but color meanings also change with culture and with your own memories. Art therapists treat color as a starting point for conversation, not a code: the meaning you give a color matters most. Art therapy is the process of understanding your deep-seated emotions through art. It focuses on creating artwork that helps you, and your therapist, explore feelings and thought processes that are hard to…

What is dream journaling in art therapy? The process, the technique and insights… Updated on July 31st, 2021.  Art therapy is the process of using art to express deep-seated emotions that are difficult to explain verbally. Art therapy involves various techniques like painting, sculpting, doodling, sketching etc. The purpose of the art therapy is to help people deal with their innermost thoughts and emotions which are difficult to talk about. People mostly use the above-mentioned techniques to showcase what they are feeling and then these creations are analyzed by the art therapist to understand the hinted emotions and stress. Dream…

Art therapy for stress reduction. Does it actually work? Stress has become a huge and dominating part of our day-to-day life. It is one of the world’s largest mental health problems leading to burnout, exhaustion, weak immune system, anxiety and even organ damage. Every day we are hounded by stress of home, stress of workplace, stress of meeting different deadlines etc. Our jobs, our homes, our families are at the moot of our stress. However, there is no way to run or hide from stress. We need to find a way to deal with our stress head-on and survive. The…

Quick answer: Yes, art therapy can help with depression, but as a support alongside other treatment rather than a cure on its own. Reviews of randomised trials show that art therapy usually reduces depressive symptoms compared with usual care alone, and a 2026 meta-analysis of 12 trials found a moderate-to-large improvement in depression and anxiety in adults. It works best when guided by a trained art therapist, and you do not need any artistic talent to benefit. Healing through art has been recognised by artists all over the world for a very long time. Only in the past few decades,…

What is art therapy and how can it be of benefit to you? As you probably know, I am a firm believer of art therapy. Art is the only form of meditation that I can do. Drawing or painting dissolves the world around me into a colorful abyss. It’s peaceful and harmonious. It’s a world where there is no pain or worry. That is the reason I want to bring art therapy to you. However, the question arises, what is art therapy exactly? The evolution of art therapy For the longest period of time, art has been used as…