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Children in general benefit from developing their skills in art.  Many children who are suffering with symptoms associated with various mental health difficulties can be helped by learning skills in art.  Daniella Barroqueiro, Ed.D. is a college professor who herself has what she describes as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). She feels that the downside of ADHD can be reversed and become instead a positive. Art as a creative outlet, that is her passion, has helped her to channel symptoms associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a positive direction, in the art room. Professor Barroqueiro states,

“When talking about ADHD, it is common to focus on the ‘downside’ of the disorder, the challenges, the frustration, how to ‘fix’ a problem or a set of problems. Notice I refer to a downside, which implies that there is also an upside to having AD/HD. Intelligence, creativity, spontaneity and the ability to hyper-focus (yes, hyper-focus) are among the characteristics commonly found in people with ADHD/ADD.”

Art can help children to gain more self control, it can give a person an emotional outlet. It helps most anyone to learn to maintain sustained concentration.  It can effectively help to stabilize erratic moods. It also helps both adults and children to acquire time for their minds to find solitude and peace, and  to heal. It can be a part of natural healing. The mind that is bombarded by constant stimulation of television, music, or media violence, has little time to heal.

When art is considered as an effective self help therapy, or that parents,  educators and caregivers can encourage, for children who have mental health disorders or who  are emotionally disturbed, it can be of much value. The use of art as a therapy, {in the long-term, when considered in terms of long-term efficacy}, can be of more value than  the use of psychotropic drugs which usually have numberous and serious side-effects for most children and adults, and which are being overused today.

Art and arts therapy can also find a placing in the treatment of addictions, as it can be of much help to build feelings of self worth, which is often times a necessity in overcoming any type of addiction. Art also find a prominent place in helping those who are addicted to pornography to break from from the chain of pornography addiction. Addiction to pornography and masturbation can be two things that are contributing factors for depression and major depression for some persons. One university clinical study has confirmed this correlation.

Art definitly is a positive for children. There are benefits for children if parents help them to learn to develop interest in art. Some of those benefits are, it helps children avoid  overindulgence in  media violence in television and movies.  Feelings of self worth, and self esteem can be enhanced by children, as they see what they have created from their creative artistic ablilities. Seeing is believing. “If I did that, then I must have some value.”

As a child begins to enjoy doing art on a regular basis, it is likely that he or she may find pleasure in producing art over his or her lifetime, especially if he or she understands why art can be be of help, and how television and especially, media violence and highly charged sexualized content, can negatively impact the mind and psychological profile, the emotions of a child or an adult.  Developing interest in art can help a child to be more creative, to use his own imagination, and to become more of a rather than simply a passive viewer.

This article was produced by John Samuels of the Association for Natural Psychology. Please also visit our bookstore. Natural psychology, self help for treatment of mental health disorders, natural cures of mental health disorders,  depression treatment without drugs, positive parenting, raising and teaching special needs children, and a variety of related subjects are considered. You can also see our new book,
Overcoming ADHD without Medication: A Parent’s and Educator’s Guidebook on Amazon, Alibris and other online locations. The Association for Natural Psychology is a New Jersey non-profit corporation.

Art, as a learned coping skill can be an excellent therapy for many mental health difficulties. It can be an effective method for children to develop self respect and can be of benefit in behavioral health applications for youth.

Art therapy is a professional therapy administered by board certified therapists, who use art along with therapy to help those with mental health disorders to open up and express themselves, as well as to heal  from emotional wounds from the past and present.

Both art as self-help skill, and professional art therapy can be an effective part of the healing process in such disorders as:

OCD,
Bipolar Disorder,
ADHD,
Schizophrenia and related disorders,
Autism,
Borderline Personality Disorder,
Depression,
Eating Disorders,
Substance Abuse.

Very briefly, for those who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, (OCD), art as a self help coping skilland arts therapy can help many with symptoms of  OCD to balance. It can be an effective  part of professional and self help therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).  For those with Bipolar Disorder, art and art therapy can be of much help for both adults, teens and children to balance mood swings associated with BD. Art can be a type of  natural mood stabilizer. Both arts therapy and art can be an effective part of  a healing process for those with and related disorders. When considered in a professional context it can be a way to help those with the symptoms of schizophrenia  to open up and express themselves. It is effective when young adults have a difficult time opening up to a professional.

Art and arts therapy have been used effectively for children with autism spectrum disorders.  An art teacher from New Jersey who works with children who have special needs feels that teaching children and teens who have various degrees of autism  art in his summer programs has helped them to develop the ability to focus. He describes how one of his students showed much improvement and went on to hold a full-time job. Art was part of what helped many of these children with autism.

A large percentage of those who have suffered from child abuse, art and arts therapy can be of much value in recovery. Art as a self help skill and professional art therapy can help many of those suffering from depression to get away from depressing or violent news content, which is common on the television, as well as to avoid other programming, which can be contributing to one’s depression. Additionally, by engaging in art, and seeing the work of one’s hands, what one created through his imagination and will, it can help most who are suffering or who have suffered with mental health disorders to develop self-esteem.

This article was produced by John Samuels of the Association for Natural Psychology. Please also visit our bookstore. Natural psychology, self help for treatment of mental health disorders, natural cures of mental health disorders,  depression treatment without drugs, positive parenting, raising and teaching special needs children, and a variety of related subjects are considered. You can also see our new book,
Overcoming ADHD without Medication: A Parent’s and Educator’s Guidebook on Amazon, Alibris and other online locations. The Association for Natural Psychology is a New Jersey non-profit corporation.