Images of animals and people were found on cave walls, symbolic statues, and monumental sculpture. The Egyptian hieroglyphics are images used to record, communicate, and preserve the activities, beliefs, and the historic lives of their culture. Art Therapy is the planned use of art to meet psychological need. Artistic expression is encouraged through art tasks involving art processes specifically selected and administered by a trained specialist. Therapy through art recognizes art processes, forms, content, and associations as reflections of an individual's development abilities, personality interests and concerns.
Art is used for assessment, insight, enhancement of strengths, and sublimation.
Art can be the bridge between the conscious and the unconscious. Art Therapists Art Therapists are highly-trained specialists at the Master's level who employ the use of art materials to elicit expression of emotions in an individual using appropriate techniques and interventions unique to art therapy. Individuals are guided in the non-verbal expression of issues and feelings about which they are unable to speak. The art product often reveals more than words alone. Clients become engaged in a creative process that helps uncover problems often breaking through resistances and defense structures.