Eric Dean Spruth, who struggled with an undiagnosed learning disability until college, brings art therapy to those who need it most.

An art therapist explains how art therapy can help with mental health and shares some self-help and wellness activities to do at home. Here are some activities you can try at home.

In other words, making art can help reduce stress and anxiety because “we’re engaging our entire self,” said Nadia Paredes, president of the American Art Therapy Association.

Brian McCarty uses toys as part of art therapy to help children who have been traumatized by war. The kids meet with a trained art therapist who helps them draw and talk about their experiences.

Gordon Graham *, Art, Therapy, and Design, The Monist, Vol. 101, No. 1, The Aesthetics of Everyday Life (January, 2018), pp. 59-70 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and organize ...