Topics: Counseling Services : Expressive Therapies
All expressive therapies are designed with one goal in mind: to assist those with mental illness better express themselves on the path towards their healing. A variety of methods exist simply because clients may respond well only to one or a few types of expressive therapies.
Art
There are many ways that art, whether it be finger painting, drawing, or painting, can be used to help mental health clients express their emotions and situations.
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Creative Writing
Most mental health clients are sufficiently gifted with the ability to write, and can be helped to express themselves by asking them to write poetry or do creative writing.
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Dance and Movement
The expression of emotions and situations through dance or other kinds of movement can be a powerful therapy for clients who have difficulty expressing themselves verbally.
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Guided Imagery
There are many ways that guided imagery can be used to help mental health clients express their emotions and situations.
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Music
Licensed and professional music therapists and organizations focused on using music therapies to improve verbal, motor, behavioral and mental health skills of clients in clinical counseling programs.
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Play
Play therapy can be used for many different purposes for those with mental illness. Sometimes playing is used to distract a client while difficult questions are asked, or to have them act out a situation using toys.
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Psychodrama
Psychodrama can be as simple as one client sitting across from another, where the first client pretends to be his or her persecutor, and the second client responds.
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Sensory Integration
Sensory Integration is an interruption in the ability to assimilate our senses into our learning environment.
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