Art therapy: A journey from individual treatment to social change

There is an increasing tendency among psychotherapists to use art therapy in the general treatment environment. Art therapy integrates the creative process of making art with counseling and psychotherapy. This growing use of art therapy has led to the current debate on its use as an expressionist therapeutic mode of treatment to bring about desirable societal change. This paper examines conceptual frameworks and theoretical constructs of art therapy as well as the societal transformation that may be achieved and the significance of art therapy's contingency applications. Thus, the paper concludes on a positive note, showing an existing correlation between art therapy and positive societal change.