Is art therapy any good?

Health and Recovery
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I can’t do CBT right now because the thought processing triggers me. What about art therapy? Is that more suitable for someone like me?

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Doing anything you like is good therapy, calm’s your nerves and you focus on something good rather than doom and gloom

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I did art therapy, and found it useful. So long as I didn’t have to talk about the art afterwards with the art therapist. Talking about the art afterwards is helpful for others though.

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I’m worried talking about it might make me uncomfortable. I guess it varies from person to person.

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You can just say that you don’t want to talk about it ( after you’ve tried talking about it first) if you don’t feel talking about it is helping.

I tried both, and preferred not talking about it.

But I enjoyed art therapy, and found it helpful.

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I found it quite peaceful when we did it in PHP. It’s good for expression and dealing with complex emotions and situations.

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I do art therapy. It works wonders. My art medium is music. I practice and play piano for my own enjoyment. I rarely perform. I play for an hour every day for five days a week. I take lessons for an hour a week also.
I also compose music. I write light contemporary, classical piano pieces and record, produce and distribute my own music through my own music label.

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