Art Therapy For Mental Health

Using Art Therapy to improve Mental Health

What you'll learn

How to use existing - well known - artwork as prompts for Mental Health improvement

50 tips to improve mental health

How writing sonnets improves mental health

How abstract art may be interpreted - and applied

Requirements

Nil

Description

This is a course - as the title says - about using Art Therapy to improve Mental Health. There are several key aspects to this course as follows:The lectures themselves - to be expected. But there are two Instructors, one of whom has submitted her own artwork for this course.Many extra Art Therapy exercises that are attached as individual resources to lecturesAn Art Therapy manual to further extend the courseA high level of Instructor-student interactionRegular Educational AnnouncementsThen there's the course itself. We cover:Using Abstract Painting (and interpretation) in Art Therapy sessionsApplying the themes of classics such as A Street Car named desire as a prompt for discussionDifferent interpretations (and application) of the work of Van GoghThe application of the work by Jackson Pollock, Salvador Dali and othersOver 50 tips to improve mental healthThe application of the music of Elizabeth Woolridge GrantThe application of 'The Sealwoman's Gift'Centrifugal artNumeracyThe work of Alfred ProvisAs you can see from the above this is an unusual course using unusual sources!Of course the ideas are based on sound research (as with the application of poetry) and students are encouraged to research widely - as well as self-explore.The key, though, to this course is the DOING. The DOING of the Art Therapy exercises; the joining in of discussions; using familiar situations as prompts for mental health benefits.This is a course to be watched, applied, enjoyed, used and then reflected on.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Abstract Art

Lecture 2 Interpreting Abstract Art

Lecture 3 Using Abstract Art

Section 3: Famous Artists

Lecture 4 Kandinsky

Lecture 5 Rothko

Lecture 6 Pollock

Lecture 7 Magritte

Section 4: Sonnets

Lecture 8 Sonnets

Those seeking to improve their mental health,Anyone and everyone with Mental Health problems,Art Therapists looking for applications/new exercises,Anyone interested in Art Therapy