Connect with Kids Through Art and Engagement at Houston Art Therapy. It may surprise you to learn that art therapy can be an effective tool in mental health treatment of children. It is also a lot of fun and builds connections as children reveal themselves through their art. Art is an expressive medium that helps our young clients communicate, overcome stress, and explore different aspects of their own personalities. The Center for Healing Arts and Sciences provides art therapy and child counseling in a safe, open and healing environment by licensed therapists who care. Click here to schedule a counseling session today »
What Is It?
Art therapy integrates psychotherapeutic techniques with the creative process to improve mental health and well-being. Children and teens do not need to have artistic ability or any special talents to participate in art therapy, and people of all ages, even adults can benefit from this therapeutic technique. For more information, please call us at 713-526-4444
What parents typically would say is that we were “just playing,” although what they would see were kids who had never sought touch from their caregiver, begin to ask for a hug. Kids whose motor never seemed to stop, begin to take a deep, full breath. Kids who refused to make eye contact, seek the gaze of a parent. Kids who were once terrified of trying new things, begin to do so.
These were all more extreme circumstances, although for me they have greatly helped me see the world through the eyes of a child and work to do the supporting and connecting that kids really need, in order for them to develop trust in themselves and those around them.
