Art Therapy

In some situations, children have a hard time explaining what they are thinking or feeling. Other times, a child may feel too afraid to share something that hurt them or scared them. They may feel like they have done something wrong and that they will be in trouble if they express what they are holding onto.  

Using art is a great way for a child to express their experiences, and the emotions that are attached to the experience, without the child having to vocalize. The event the child might draw or paint can give clues as to what is going on within the child. The patterns in which they use and the colors they choose all are windows that help a qualified therapist to peek inside the soul of the hurting child. 

Below is a list of colors and their meanings. When a child uses these colors in an art therapy setting, it helps the therapist look for deeper messages the child may be trying to express. 

Black

• authority                                                      
• power
• strength
• evil
• death or mourning

White

• purity
• innocence
• cleanliness
• spaciousness

Red

• love
• energy
• intensity
• life
• blood

Yellow

• happiness
• warmth
• frustration
• anger
• attention-getting

Green

• natural
• growth
• money
• health

Blue

• calmness
• cold
• wisdom
• loyalty
• truth

Purple

• royalty
• wealth
• sophistication
• wisdom
• mystery

Have you experienced art therapy in your life? 
Have you witnessed the transformation in another's life? 

If so, we would love to hear from you. Please post a comment or emails us at

ContinualCare@gmail.com

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Often times we have difficulty expressing the emotion we are feeling, especially children. By pointing to a feeling on a visual chart, children can begin to express what they are feeling even when they don't have the words.

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“How does one become a butterfly?” she asked pensively.

“You must want to fly so much you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

“You mean die?”

“Yes and no,” he answered. “What looks like you will die, but what’s really you will still live”
                                                         —–From Hope For The Flower

Like a caterpillar, we too must sometimes face great fear of change, even knowing that the change may transform into something even more wonderful. Often times, change paralyzes us making it difficult to accept or motivated to face a change.  Other times, it motivates us, inspires us, and lifts us to new places. In the end, change is neither bad nor good, it is simply, change.