OTS2015: Art, Art Therapy and the Body

Art therapy is well known as a treatment for people suffering mental or emotional problems but less often in a general hospital ward or for people with medical problems. So how can it help?

Two groundbreaking new books Art Therapy with Neurological Conditions and Art Therapy with Physical Conditions gather together the experiences of people who have used art therapy to help come to terms with medical conditions including cancer, traumatic brain injury, stroke and dementia. Simon Bell, Debbie Michaels and Sally Weston are Sheffield based art therapists who will present extracts from the books and show images that people have made in therapy. They will consider the pertinent issues including the relationship between mind and body. There will be time for discussion and maybe a little time for the audience to experiment with expressing themselves using marks and images instead of words!