Art Therapy
Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides art therapy services which involve the use of art materials and creativity for children to express their thoughts and feelings. Art therapy is all about making and creating, not so much about a finished product.
A trained art therapist can work with children of all ages during their hospital stay to help with emotional expression.
Art therapy can help children:
- Reduce Stress
- Relax
- Share Feelings
- Gain Confidence
- Solve Problems
- Make Choices
- Express Themselves
Children who need a different way to express their thoughts and feelings, feel overwhelmed or are having trouble with their hospital experience may also benefit from the art therapy program.
For further information on art therapy services at Children’s Hospital of Michigan call (313) 745-5312.
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While making art in any form can be therapeutic, art therapy always has a meaning behind what the patient and therapist are doing. Along with the art therapist, your child can set goals and outcomes and have a purpose in mind.
Art therapists have a master's degree in art therapy and are part of the Child Life Services team at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
Giving children a different way to deal with their hospitalization can be helpful in their overall recovery. Creating with art materials is a basic skill that most children find relieving and empowering.
- Support
- One-on-one attention
- Opportunity to make choices of what projects or materials to use
- Self expression
- Relaxation
Art therapy is currently being used in specific departments in the hospital. For further information call (313) 745-5312.