Arteterapia enquanto intervenção: modelo psicoterapêutico em transtornos mentais

Abstract

This research arises in the discomfort of understanding art therapy as an instrument for use in the psychologist's work taking into account its effects and benefits, promoting health promotion and well-being for society. In view of this, the following question is asked: How can art therapy intervene in the psychotherapeutic process in mental disorders? To answer this, knowledge about the history of madness, the relationship between art and madness and understanding about art therapy as an intervention within psychological approaches will be used. Thus, this research has relevance, because it allows to visualize results of art therapy in the field of mental health. It is basic in nature, has an exploratory objective and, in relation to data collection, is bibliographic. To understand the data, the analysis of books and articles was used. As a general objective, we intend to understand the effect of art therapy as a psychotherapeutic intervention tool, therefore the specific objectives are: understand the relationship between art and madness, define the concept of art therapy as an instrument in the psychologist's work, evaluate data from the scientific literature on the effects and benefits of art therapy. It is argued that each being is unique whose life contains potentials that can be developed, art therapy contributes to the human being finding its essence. It is concluded that art therapy is a way of using art as communication between the professional and a patient, seeking an artistic production in favor of health, and functions as a facilitating instrument that positively impacts the subjectivities of the subjects and collaborates in psychotherapeutic models in mental disorders.