Here we are not talking about art in its mercantile or aesthetic sense, it is more a question of expression.
Art is used to offer a person a possibility to express himself, to get to know his own creativity and to create a link, a solution to allow him to express sometimes things, feelings, which are unknown or difficult to specify.



It so happens that among our Insiders (see the Insiders page here), we are lucky enough to have Roseline d'Oreye, best known for her immense talent as an illustrator and designer, but also an expert in this formidable therapy, she tells us about it:
"Art therapy is - as the name suggests - the use of artistic tools for therapeutic and/or self-awareness purposes.  That is the simple and official definition.

Personally, if I had to answer it, I would go further and say that it is a method that offers the possibility to get in touch - through the vector of artistic tools - with 3 parts of us (which are, in reality, only one): the body, the emotions and the unconscious.

Many therapeutic techniques currently offer the possibility of entering into these more subtle dimensions that I have just mentioned (body / unconscious / emotions); I am thinking in particular of hypnosis, family constellations, the "sandbox" technique, energy therapies (EFT, TAT, Logosynthesis), etc., but the particularity of art therapy is that it leaves a "sensitive" trace (i.e. perceived by the senses) outside of us. 

Indeed, whether through music, drawing, dance, clay, writing, performing arts, etc., artistic expression always leaves a "physical" trace (sounds, images, an object, a text, a movement experienced in the body, etc.). 
This "sensitive trace" therefore allows sensations/emotions to emerge from oneself and appear to the consciousness, through the form(s) they take, and which will then be perceived by our physical senses. Thanks to this "exteriorisation", we can enter into "communication" with the "sensitive trace" expressed. 
Let me explain: the fact of seeing a drawing that we have made allows us, for example, to dialogue with it, as if it were a third person. 
The "sensitive trace" thus creates a distance between oneself and the emotion/feeling expressed.

After that, we have two options, continue to talk to you about this amazing wellbeing practice, there is still a lot to show, the methods (Roseline uses Nicole Weil's method for her coaching and private sessions), but why run further, when there is a great source nearby.

More info on Art Therapy with Roseline d'Oreye, click HERE