Discussion ：How do we compare art therapy with other expressive therapies?

Sample 1：

Music therapy and dance/movement therapy are similar to art therapy in the sense that are an outlet for the way that someone is feeling and may not be able to find the words to describe it. While art therapy uses the creation process of the art to help the therapist learn more about the patient and their needs, music and dance/movement is doing the same thing but with music and physical movements. All of these therapies are using the expressions of a person to help with the therapy process, it is just that the median varies.

Another way that they are similar to each other is that they can all help with non-verbal patients. Just like in art therapy a patient can use their art to show how they are feeling in music it is an instrument/music and in dance/movement it is the physical movement of the body.

Reply:

You made great points in your discussion! Based on what we have learned so far, I think that art therapy and music therapy is more similar than they are different. For example, a surgeon and a mechanic are very different, but an art therapist and a music therapist are actually very similar. I also think they both can help facilitate therapy through nonverbal communication. I think a difference between the two is the educational background needed. For example, an art therapist doesn't need to know how to play any instruments whereas a music therapist does, and a music therapist doesn't need an educational background in art, but an art therapist depends on it!

Sample 2:

I think music therapy and dance/movement therapy can relate to art therapy for several reasons. The first similarity these therapies have is that they can be used in groups, family, or in individual therapy. I also think they are similar in the way they both are expressive and allow people to use these therapies without using verbal communication, or in other words, like we learned in a previous lesson, it can be used for a nonverbal client. Also they are similar because they can be used in different populations as well, such as those with cancer, mental illness, the homeless, etc.

One difference music therapy, dance/movement therapy, and art therapy have is that they require different educational backgrounds, at least in certain ways. For example, a music therapist must have some abilities and talents with instruments, but a music therapists doesn't necessarily need a background in art and vice versa.

Sample 3:

Music therapy and dance/movement therapy relate to art therapy because they are both different forms of therapy but still allow the patients to express their feelings without really talking. Both forms of therapy help the patients convey their emotions through physical movements whether it being using there hands to paint and draw or using their body and vocal cords to sing and dance.

One difference between music therapy, dance/movement therapy, and art therapy is I believe sometimes the art therapist can possibly tell more how the patient is feeling through their physical artwork and maybe have a better understanding of how to help the patients. Rather than music and dance allow patients to express themselves but therapists might have a harder time understanding what they are feeling through dance or song.

Sample 4:

Music therapy and dance/movement therapy relate to art therapy because they both use therapy to fix or control an issue. Dance and music are also both forms of art as well. Both music and art therapy can be held in different settings and locations, like schools, hospitals and medical centers. Music and dance/movement therapy can also be worked individually or in groups just like art therapy. The two differences between art therapy and music and dance/movement therapy is the mediums used. In art therapy they use artistic tools as the medium and dance/movement and music therapy use music and different types of dance as their medium. The other difference is that music and dance/movement therapy is very underestimated. Music therapy is misunderstood and doesn't get the recognition that it deserves

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