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Art Therapy & Creative Mediation

Complete encyclopedia of art therapy and creative mediation: visual arts, music therapy, dance movement therapy, drama therapy and therapeutic writing. Scientific foundations, clinical framework, indications and techniques for each artistic medium.

25 Articles

Jacob Levy Moreno's Psychodrama

Mental HealthPersonal DevelopmentArt Therapy

Explore Moreno's psychodrama, a therapeutic method based on the spontaneous enactment of inner conflicts. Discover its five instruments, core techniques, and clinical applications.

Published on March 10, 2026Read more

Receptive Music Therapy: Healing Through Listening

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The information presented in this encyclopedia is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified health professional before undertaking any exercise, technique, or therapeutic practice described here.

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Receptive Music Therapy: Healing Through Listening

Receptive music therapy uses musical listening as a therapeutic vector. Directed listening, U-shaped musical montage, Helen Bonny's GIM method, or psychomusical relaxation: these techniques support pain management, pre-operative anxiety, palliative care, and neonatology.

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Sonic Vibration Therapy

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Sonic Vibration Therapy

Sonic vibration therapy explores the therapeutic effects of specific frequencies on body and mind. Therapeutic tuning forks, Solfeggio frequencies (432 Hz, 528 Hz), bioresonance, and therapeutic didgeridoo: these approaches propose using vibration as a tool for rebalancing and well-being.

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Foundations of Dance Movement Therapy

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Foundations of Dance Movement Therapy

Dance movement therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach using body movement as the primary medium for expression and transformation. Founded by pioneers such as Marian Chace and Mary Whitehouse, it draws on Laban Movement Analysis and embodiment neuroscience to address psychological, emotional and relational disorders.

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Active Music Therapy: Playing to Heal

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Active Music Therapy: Playing to Heal

Active music therapy engages the patient in musical production: instrumental improvisation, therapeutic singing, body percussion, and composition. This expressive approach mobilizes creativity, motor skills, and the sound relationship to support conditions as varied as autism, stroke, or Parkinson's disease.

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Foundations of Music Therapy

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Foundations of Music Therapy

Music therapy is a codified clinical practice that uses music and its components (sound, rhythm, melody, harmony) as therapeutic mediators. Between active and receptive approaches, it draws on neuroscience to support patients with psychological, neurological, or somatic disorders.

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Therapeutic Contact Improvisation

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Therapeutic Contact Improvisation

Contact Improvisation, created by Steve Paxton in 1972, is an improvised dance form based on tactile listening, weight sharing and the point of contact between dancers. Used therapeutically, it addresses trust, body boundaries, letting go and relating to others, with specific applications for touch phobia, social isolation and motor disability.

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Therapeutic Sculpting and Clay Modeling

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Therapeutic Sculpting and Clay Modeling

Therapeutic sculpting uses clay, modeling paste, plaster, and other three-dimensional materials as care mediators. The tactile and sensory dimension of working with matter offers direct access to the body and emotions, particularly effective for body schema disorders and trauma.

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Foundations of Visual Arts Therapy

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Foundations of Visual Arts Therapy

Visual arts therapy uses the creative process — drawing, painting, sculpting, collage — as a therapeutic mediation. Based on the patient/artwork/therapist triangle, it enables symbolic expression of internal conflicts and promotes psychic transformation through creation.

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Mandala in Art Therapy

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Mandala in Art Therapy

The mandala, a sacred circle from Buddhist and Hindu traditions, has become a major therapeutic tool in art therapy since Carl Jung's work on individuation. Drawn, painted, or colored, it promotes psychic recentering, stress reduction, and self-exploration through a containing circular form.

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Collage in Art Therapy

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Collage in Art Therapy

Therapeutic collage is a particularly accessible art therapy technique that uses cutting and assembling images, texts, and various materials to promote self-expression and identity reconstruction. Requiring no prior artistic skill, it opens art therapy to all audiences.

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Therapeutic Painting

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Therapeutic Painting

Therapeutic painting uses pictorial media — watercolor, gouache, acrylic, ink — as vehicles for emotional expression and psychic transformation. From gestural painting to contemplative watercolor, each technique offers a unique expressive register suited to the patient's needs.

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Authentic Movement

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Authentic Movement

Authentic Movement is a meditative and therapeutic practice of spontaneous movement developed by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow. Based on the relationship between a mover and a witness, it draws on Jungian psychology to explore the body unconscious and foster individuation.

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Therapeutic Body Expression

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Therapeutic Body Expression

Therapeutic body expression uses free movement, improvised dance and body schema work as tools for psychological transformation. Focused on process rather than performance, it helps restore body image, release emotional tensions and address eating disorders, depression and identity difficulties.

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Biodanza: Dance of Life

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Biodanza: Dance of Life

Biodanza is a system of human integration developed by Rolando Toro Araneda in Chile in the 1960s. Based on music, movement and group encounter, it activates five lines of vivencia — vitality, sexuality, creativity, affectivity and transcendence — to strengthen identity, self-confidence and social connection.

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Therapeutic Role-Playing

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Therapeutic Role-Playing

Discover therapeutic role-playing, a structured technique for training social and relational skills. Applications in CBT, group therapy, conflict management and assertiveness development.

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Foundations of Dramatherapy

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Foundations of Dramatherapy

Discover the foundations of dramatherapy, a psychotherapeutic approach using dramatic play as a transitional space to explore emotions, transform inner roles, and foster personal change.

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Bibliotherapy: Healing Through Reading

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Bibliotherapy: Healing Through Reading

Bibliotherapy uses the reading of literary texts as a therapeutic tool to promote psychological healing. From the term coined by Samuel Crothers in 1916 to contemporary practices, this discipline mobilizes mechanisms of identification, catharsis, and insight to support change.

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The Therapeutic Journal

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The Therapeutic Journal

The therapeutic journal is a regular personal writing practice, guided or free, aimed at exploring emotions, clarifying thoughts, and supporting a change process. From Ira Progoff to Julia Cameron, this method draws on proven protocols to promote psychological healing.

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Life Narrative and Therapeutic Autobiography

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Life Narrative and Therapeutic Autobiography

Life narrative and therapeutic autobiography allow the reconstruction of existential meaning by organizing lived experiences into a coherent narrative. Inspired by Daniel Bertaux and Paul Ricœur, this approach restores narrative identity and fosters resilience, particularly among elderly individuals, migrants, and trauma survivors.

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Sound Therapy and Singing Bowls

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Sound Therapy and Singing Bowls

Sound therapy uses sonic vibrations produced by specific instruments — Tibetan singing bowls, crystal quartz bowls, and therapeutic gongs — to induce deep relaxation and promote well-being. Based on acoustic resonance principles, it applies to stress management, meditation, pain, and sleep disorders.

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Poetry Therapy

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Poetry Therapy

Poetry therapy uses the reading and writing of poems as emotional healing tools. Championed by Jack Leedy and the NAPT, this practice harnesses the condensed power of poetic language to express the inexpressible, navigate grief, and support moments of crisis.

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Therapeutic Theatre

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Therapeutic Theatre

Discover therapeutic theatre, from Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed to clinical improvisation. Exploring inner conflicts through collective and participative staging.

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Therapeutic Clowning

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Therapeutic Clowning

Discover therapeutic clowning, a practice using the clown character and its transgressive power to release emotions, restore dignity, and support vulnerable individuals in care settings.

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Foundations of Therapeutic Writing

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Foundations of Therapeutic Writing

Therapeutic writing harnesses the power of putting experience into words to transform emotional processing. Since James Pennebaker's pioneering research in 1986, scientific studies have demonstrated the physical and psychological benefits of expressive writing on overall health.

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Jacob Levy Moreno's Psychodrama

Psychology & Mind