The Journal for Japanese Association of Art Education
Online ISSN : 2424-2497
Print ISSN : 0917-771X
ISSN-L : 0917-771X
The Effect of Art on the Holistic Development of the Human Mind : Centering on Research into the Case Study of Sandplay Therapy in Art Therapy
Kyoko NAKAGAWA
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2011 Volume 32 Pages 313-324

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The purpose of this research is to investigate not only the educational effects, but also the therapeutic effects of art on the recovery of holistic development of the human psyche. Art therapy can be applied for patients aged five to 30. Sandplay therapy, in particular, has been shown to develop and strengthen the self of the patient through the creative process. The process of expressing one's internal world through sandplay is thought to manifest autoimmunity while linking the patient's sense of vision and touch, body and mind, and conscious and unconscious. In the end, people undergoing therapy recover by recapturing their holism from their problems. Art is thought to play an important role in the psychological health of children in modern society.
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