{"id":14497,"date":"2019-06-26T15:29:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/?post_type=modality&p=14497"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:15:49","slug":"art-therapy","status":"publish","type":"modality","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/art-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definition of Art Therapy<\/h2>\n
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Art as therapy<\/strong> uses the creative process, art media and the visual arts within a therapeutic relationship or setting to improve the psychosocial, physical, cognitive<\/a> and spiritual<\/a> health of individuals. It’s based on emerging research that art making is, in and of itself, therapeutic and that the creative process is a health-enhancing experience.<\/p>\n

Explore Art Therapy research in the following databases:\u00a0
<\/strong>PubMed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Trip<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0Cochrane*<\/a><\/strong>
*The Cochrane database requires users to enter the search term manually. Enter \u201cart therapy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AI Search:<\/span><\/b> Access Semantic Scholar\u2019s results on art therapy.
Semantic Scholar<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Learn more about our\u00a0<\/span>3 research databases and AI search platform\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Research Spotlight<\/h3>\n

The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies \u2013 providing just a taste of the available research.\u00a0<\/p>\n