Art Therapy Activities for Depression, Anxiety or Grief Part 1 with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes

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1. Collage
• Medium (2 or 3-D)
• Picture
• Bulletin Board
• Book or Notebook Cover
• Scrapbook
• Photo Blanket
• Quilt
• Website (Canva, MineCraft)
• Fine motor coordination
• IRL: Scissor use, turning pages, gluing
• Virtual: Typing, mousing, photoediting
• Visual expression
• Problem solving/creativity How can I depict…
1. Collage
• Uses
• Before and After
• Layered with Goals
• Most Important
• Happiness (or other emotions)
• My Accomplishments
• Tribute/Memory
• Nature (with leaves, feathers, sticks…)

• Positive Affirmations
• Superhero (anxiety)
• Friendship
• My Happy Place

2. Sculpture
• Medium
• Clay
• Playdough or salt dough
• Paper Mache
• Pinata / Piggy Bank
• Wadded Newspaper
• Scarecrow
• Multimedia (jars, foam balls, felt, popsicle sticks, pipecleaners, paper towel tubes, plastic shopping bags, cardboard from boxes)

2. Sculpture
• Benefits
• Fine motor skills
• Creativity and problem solving
• Visual self expression
• Uses
• Superhero
• Family
• Memory
• Self-Portrait
• Emotion

3. Puppets
• Material
• Socks
• Felt finger puppets
• Pipe cleaner finger puppets
• Popsicle stick puppets
• Brown paper bag
• Toilet paper roll
• Uses
• Giving a voice (What I wish I could say)
• Addressing the anger monster
• Observation (What does the alien see)
• Angel vs. Devil
• Teach interpersonal skills (Sally is sad, what should Sammy do???)
• Team work

4. Gratitude Tree
• Medium
• On the wall
• On paper
• With sticks and tags
• Materials
• Paper cutouts
• Paint (finger, brush, pens)
• Sticks and gift tags or cardboard “leaves”
• Uses
• Remember things that are going right (depression, frustration)
• Help remembering to focus on the good (negativity)
• Gratitude in grief

5. Wind chime
• Materials
• Keys
• Buttons
• Beads
• Silverware
• Bamboo pipes
• Shells
• Chandelier crystals
• Bells
• Terracotta pots
• Feathers (and bells)
• Cookie cutters
• Decorated soda or tin cans
• Soda bottle tops (metal)
• Uses
• Grief
• Favorite things
• Happy memories
• Mindfulness

6. Stained Glass
• Materials
• Shrinkable plastic sheets or ornaments (Shrinky Dinks)
• Benefits
• Find motor skills
• Creative expression
• Uses
• Mindfulness
• Memory window or attach to LED Christmas light strand to make a garland
• Things that make me feel…
• Things that remind me of (grief)
• Things that inspire me (goals)

7. Flag
• Medium
• Solid color nylon flag ($8)
• Cut a king sheet and sew or glue edges
• Large piece of cardboard (large shipping box or appliance box). Fortify edges with colored duct tape
• Hint: Take a picture of the flag and print it out or have it added to water bottles for each person to have a miniature version
• Uses
• Identify common and complimentary attributes
• Enhance unity/group cohesion
• Self-Awareness: What do I/we stand for
• Communication about similarities and differences between groups (flags)

8. Family or Personal Crest/Logo
• Medium
• Digital
• Hand-Drawn
• Can be added to cups, bottles, blankets…
• Uses
• Enhance family communication
• Encourage reflection on personal values and history
• Enhance verbal expression by explaining what the symbols mean
• Create a symbol of resilience and strength
9. Promotional Flyer or Ad
• Medium
• Online
• Paper/Posterboard
• Video (watch Anthony Sullivan or 10 best infomercials)
• Uses
• Self-esteem building
• Empowerment (How can this product address a problem?)
• Exploration of impact on others (What can this product do for you)

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[nikkirosindale]

I am a recovering addict, and find paper craft so mindful, I am hoping to one day do basic classes on a budget for other addicts one day, so glad I found you.

[DianeAntoneStudio]

Art is making something that wasn’t there before. If you doodle on a piece of paper that’s art, if you make a 10m sculpture that’s art, if you sing, dance or cook that’s art. Art is in our blood and we don’t need to fear it. I am an artist helping guide people into a creativity they are comfortable with, in my case watercolour and pencil painting, and my channel is doing well as people discover the value of just doing it. No judgment, just make something.

[desrianitazmania]

Hello from Indonesia I am a school counsellor, this is great ideas, honestly founding this video really helps me to elaborate the art theraphy, thank you very much :)))

[TheRadiantLifeProject]

This is great. As an art therapist myself I appreciate seeing this wonderful content. You’re inspiring me!

[JoseLopez-uu]

just stared as a school counselor in a fine arts academy so this is gold as I start getting ready to facilitate art therapy

[wellbeingofficerscontentvi]

Thanks for the content! Intresting activities.

[ambernectar]

Thank you. As a TA and new grandmother, I am forever learning and revisiting. 🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏

[BoundInHumanBones]

Thank you for sharing this. im an art therapist myself, recently finished my bachelor on this subject. And this video is very inspiring and gives new ideas!

[laracraft]

Thank you for this video good information 😊❤

[artworkshopcopenhagen]

You're very inspiring, thank you very much! :)

[francisxavier]

i am trying to concentrate on art therapy these good lessons for me

[cottoncandy]

I love the inclusion of Minecraft :) I never considered how it could be used as a form of collaging, and of art therapy

[Mariana-ymzf]

Hi, just curious... why would the dog from plastic bags (17:20min) not be seen as therapeutic?

[reggieatayde]

For courtesy purposes, I would like to ask permission to use this video for my class. Thank you

[annabarham]

When I was at school, we would get into trouble if we drew on the covers of our workbooks because it looked untidy. Teachers would sometimes even get annoyed when students’ biro pens exploded. 🤣

[tamistone]

Where's paint? It's usually first intervention

[anniehumphries]

I am very interested to watch this but it has no sound?

[yashuyashaswini]

Good information, but Drawing, pencil sketch, painting comes under which head of art therapy

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