{"id":947,"date":"2020-04-05T21:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T21:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unnurarttherapy.is\/about-art-therapy\/listmedferd-fyrir-born-og-unglinga\/"},"modified":"2022-10-09T20:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T20:00:29","slug":"children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unnurarttherapy.is\/en\/art-therapy\/children\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Therapy for Children and Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"div_block-2-332\" class=\"ct-div-block\" ><img decoding=\"async\"  id=\"image-1-332\" alt=\"Art Therapy for Children and Adolescents\" src=\"https:\/\/unnurarttherapy.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/born-og-unglingar.jpg\" class=\"ct-image\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Are you concerned about the well-being of a child or teenager who you care about?<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the safety of the therapy relationship, art making has helped many children and adolescents gain an increased sense of well-being, as well as to find strength and live more harmoniously with themselves and others around them. Increased well-being generally facilitates coursework learning and more appropriate behaviours, as well as helping the child to build healthier and more fruitful relationships with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Testimonials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mother of an 11-year-old boy who received 18 hours of art therapy due to anxiety, anger, speech impediments, distress and behavioural problems:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the art therapy sessions, my son grappled with his problems without being directly aware that he was doing so. He drew pictures, played and made all kinds of things: it was a process of working through his problems without him necessarily being aware of it. He simply thought he was drawing, constructing things and playing, and as a result he became calmer and felt better, he spoke more clearly and everything began to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The boy\u2019s teacher:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing art therapy, it was easier for him to concentrate. He was more active with school work, became calmer and more positive, and expressed himself more clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mother of a seven-year-old girl, on the art therapy that her daughter completed:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026 In short, she\u2019s doing really well. She\u2019s all smiles. You asked what I had thought about the art therapy and what I had expected from it when we started [the mother was only present for part of the therapy]. To be perfectly honest, given that I didn\u2019t know what to expect and that I hadn\u2019t heard much about art therapy, I decided that I would approach it with a positive attitude, because as things stood, life just wasn\u2019t working. My husband had more faith in her medication but I had more faith in the process of communication. I have to say, though, that in the first sessions I didn\u2019t know what was going on, I thought she [the art therapist] didn\u2019t talk enough and I somehow assumed that she would wave a magic wand that would unleash an unhindered verbal flood and it would only take a few sessions for her to express what was wrong. However, I soon understood that it didn\u2019t work that way and that things needed their own time. I started to see how she gradually opened up and everything became easier. I decided then and there to give her the time she needed and not to pressure anything. I also found that it was really good for me to be able to participate \u2013 our communication became much easier. If I were asked whether I would do this again if I wound up in the same situation, I would definitely answer yes. I would encourage everyone to allow the therapy the time it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Testimony about the progress of a girl who had experienced a traumatic event, and who, at the onset of therapy, felt uneasy, struggled with concentrating and felt socially marginalized:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArt therapy has led to dramatic changes with her, for the better. She is calmer, more in control and has increased social skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sigurborg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir, head of division<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is an air of calm and peace to the child now. She is happier and more joyful. She quarrels less with the other children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brynja A\u00f0albergsd\u00f3ttir, head of preschool<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe experiences increased moments of joy, she is more positive, increasingly in control, and finds it easier to concentrate. She is also less angry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00der\u00f6stur Le\u00f3 J., teaching assistant<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you concerned about the well-being of a child or teenager who you care about? Along with the safety of the therapy relationship, art making has helped many children and adolescents gain an increased sense of well-being, as well as to find strength and live more harmoniously with themselves and others around them. 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