Art therapy

Miniature garden diorama with sand paths, small rocks, and a hand adjusting elements, captured in a photo.

Sand-tray therapy can reach feelings at the ‘edge of awareness’

Originally developed for use in child therapy, sand trays are now helping adults with their difficult thoughts and emotions

by Doreen Fleet

Expressionist painting of a figure kneeling inside vibrant layered shapes in green and purple tones.

This isn’t just art, but a supercharged act of meaning-making

Psychiatric art is crammed with meaning yet it actively resists interpretation. This paradox lies at the heart of its appeal

by Shruti Ravindran