# Art Therapy

Skill · Healthcare and Medical

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/art-therapy

Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of making art to help people explore emotions, improve self-awareness, and cope with stress, trauma, or illness. Licensed art therapists, who typically hold specialized graduate training, work with clients in clinical, educational, or community settings, using drawing, painting, or sculpture as a nonverbal means of expression and healing. It draws practitioners interested in combining psychology with creative practice.

Related skills: [Counseling](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/counseling), [Psychotherapy](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/psychotherapy), [Mental Health Counseling](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/mental-health-counseling), [Occupational Therapy](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/occupational-therapy)

## Open roles requiring Art Therapy (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.