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I volunteer at a seniors home in the memory care unit working with clients with Dementia. It amazes me what art can do in this situation. There was a man who just arrived on this unit and he was very confused. One of the workers suggested that he would be a good person to try to get engaged. He was very confused and wanted to go home and kept mentioning that he has paints at home and I was like well we have paints here why don't we paint right now. It took a while but I finally got him to sit down and gave him some paint to paint a ceramic eagle that had been sitting with the craft supplies for a long time. I was already working with three ladies on another paint project. Anyways he started to paint and he settled right down and really got into it. He seemed to calm down and for that short period of time he didn't seem so confused. Another lady got so into painting she did not want to stop. It was time to clean up and she said I could paint forever. Everything I do I have a plan going in but I kind of let it go from there. It's amazing once you get people started with art how it just happens. Some people get into it more then others. The one lady just loved watching me do silly stuff with paint. Nothing like making someone laugh because you paint your hand in paint and put a handprint on there paper and then offer to paint there hand and she's like no and I'm like should I paint my hand another colour and she is like yes. She seemed fascinated just watching me paint simple things. I kept trying to prompt her to paint herself but she didn't want to but she seemed very engaged when I was just playing with paint and doing very basic stuff with paint. This shows me that even watching someone else do art can be therapeutic. I am just very grateful I have the chance to use something I am passionate about...Art to help other people.
Art as part of Recovery :)
Hello my name is Rachel. I am one of the moderators of this group. I am very excited about this. As far as psychology and art I think they go together. I did my undergrad is sociology and psychology so I know that side of things. I also have struggled with my own mental health issues. In recovery for me I started to re-discover art which has lead me to deviantArt. If I never went through the things I did I would have never found my artistic passion all over again. For me Art is a huge part of my recovery. One of my warning signs is if I stop being creative. I usually do something creative everyday. Some things are more complicated the
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As some of you may know, I have been a silent founder. I started this group to be a voice for lovers of Psychology. This was to include professionals, enthusiasts, and those with mental illness. This is not necessarily a support group but a place to share your thoughts on psychology and human behavior in an artistic format.
PostTraumatiskStress (https://www.deviantart.com/posttraumatiskstress) was managing this group for a very long time. She did a fantastic job! However, she has decided to spend more time on her own group, #Art-Psychology (https://www.deviantart.com/art-psychology) . Meanwhile, this group has gotten a little messy and lost sight of it's original vision.
I have renewed our super group status and wi
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WELCOME
Thank you for taking a look at the group page.
This group is for quality artwork: traditional, digital, collage, photography, sculpture, literature and journals,
that reflect psychology and human behaviour in a broad sense.
Creativity is psychology. Artwork is very therapeutic.
The group is also geared towards Psychology as a field of study and science.
It stands for awareness but not primarily support.
Folder explanations
:heart: THERAPY - for all therapies used in the treatment of mental health that are non-pharmacological. This can include artwork done for therapeutic effect.
:heart: ABNORMAL - for all art related to major m
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So please start adding work in the comments field, perhaps with an explanatory comment.
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That really is uplifting reading. Yes, the rules change with each type of group. With severely mentally disabled children I acted a sort bionic exosuit. They used my limbs as a means of getting down their wishes on paper. With dementia patients it's okay just to show attention with portraiture - it's almost like giving an aesthetically-charged haircut. One guy I met had been a sign writer. He did some painting with us, but also did a kind of painting where his imaginary brush never that never touched the support. I am a visual Artist, but my role was to assist another Artist with among other things a journal of our session with the patients. The words I used soon became poems and the punters began to choose which words suited them most. These sessions also became a means of helping me manage my own Bipolar Disorder.
Art can materially help people, both Artist and recipient. We should all share our gifts like you. We should make it widely known what we can achieve.
Art can materially help people, both Artist and recipient. We should all share our gifts like you. We should make it widely known what we can achieve.