6 myths about the psychology of drawing, or why not all drawings reflect the soul

 

 

Art therapy is a new science, it has a lot of folk magic, which borders on everyday attitudes about the process of therapeutic creativity. I think it’s time to shed light on some of the often discussed semantic paradigms about drawing and creativity.
Let’s dispel a few myths about drawing in art therapy:

1 myth – “All drawings have a hidden meaning, and you need to unravel it.” So, not all drawings, but only a small number of them, need to be understood in the process of art therapy. Most of the drawings are a visual manifestation of reactions, and reactions should simply be shown for safety purposes.

Myth 2 – “Everything that is drawn is very important.” No, sometimes a drawing or an image, like a favorite song, you hum and that’s it. Drawing can return us to the necessary state. And sometimes you just need to draw; Of course, there are many important things in this, but this is not the main thing.

3 myth – “The pictures show all the problems.” Apparently, but not all. As a good professional will always distinguish the original from a fake, so a good art therapist will always distinguish the norm from the pathology. But for the majority, these drawings will be correct and beautiful, and they will definitely not see problems in them.

4 myth – “All drawings are the same.” It seems that you can draw, for example, the sun, it is yellow and round, and everyone draws it plus or minus the same way. But, just as art has its own style, so in the drawings of clients their individual history and features are always hidden. And this is an absolute magic when, looking at the drawings of a client, you can read the story of his life.

Myth 5 – “You can’t cure yourself through drawing.” Here I agree. Nature always heals us, but a drawing can create favorable conditions for healing, and this is an absolute truth. Relieve tension, fatigue, thoughts that plunge you into pain… This is how the necessary internal conditions for changes are created.

6 myth – “Any psychologist can read pictures.” This is my favorite myth. So, only psychologists who have studied the language of symbols, lines, shapes, colors, cycles are able to qualitatively see all the unique revelations of the drawing, otherwise they will be guesses, fantasies and scraps of someone else’s experience. In this case, the client himself reads the drawing best of all, albeit through his own protection mechanisms.

@ Victoria Nazarevich 2021
More about drawing – on our isotherapy training groups

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6 myths about the psychology of a baby,
because why not all the little ones show the soul

Art therapy is a new science, and there is a lot of folk magic in it, which is between the same settings about the process of therapeutic creativity. I think it’s time to clarify the deeds often discussing the meanings of paradigms about babies and creativity.
Zruynuєmo a sprinkling of myths about little ones in art therapy:

1 myth – “The mustache of the little ones may have hoaxes of the senses and you need to solve it.” So from, far from all the little ones, but only an insignificant number of them, the process of art therapy requires understanding. The greater number of little ones is the only visual manifestation of reactions, and the reactions simply need to be shown for the sake of safety.

2 myth – “Everything that is painted is important.” No, sometimes little ones, or an image, like a song is loved, everything is sung. The little one can turn us around in the necessary camp. And sometimes it’s just necessary to paint; zvichayno, respectful in tsimu rich, but not the whole smut.

3 myth – “You can see all the problems on the little ones.” Apparently, but far from everything. Just like a professional will revive the original in the form of a drink, so a good art therapist will always revive the norm in the form of pathology. Prote for big and small babies will be correct and beautiful, and the stink in them will definitely not cause problems.

4 myth – “The mustache of the little ones is the same.” NIBI YAK MOSHNA NAMALUVATI, Sonce, Vonet Zhovte that Krugla, I. Igo Malyuyut Plus-Minus however, Ale Yak, the Mystics, so I in the Malyuks of the Kliynty Zhzhdi, is closed with the Indiydoria, the same. It’s crazy magic, if, looking at the little ones of the client, you can read the history of his life.

5 myth – “You don’t fork through the little ones.” Here I am good. We are entrusted with exuberant nature, and from little ones you can create friendly minds for exaltation, and this is insane truth. Take the stress, therefore, the thoughts that make you tired of the bіl … So the necessary inner thoughts are created for the change.

6 myth – “Whoever a psychologist can read little ones.” Ce my loves myth. So from only psychologists, as if they wove the language of symbols, lines, forms, colors, cycles, buildings, and all the unique little secrets, and otherwise – there will be guesses, fantasies and tricks of someone else’s information. In such a mood, it is the client himself who reads the little ones more often than all, let him through his own mechanisms to defend.

@ Victoria Nazarevich 2021
More about babies – on our primary groups with іzoterapії