«The true meaning of art is not to create beautiful objects. It is rather a method to understand. A way to penetrate the world and find your own place.»

Painting and sculpture enable one to become involved in the process, putting one’s self in the picture, as it were. They offer direct access, through the senses, to one’s present state, resources, personal issues and/or disorders. Focusing on the visual creative process enables an in-depth analysis of the self and one’s environment, utilizing colours and shapes to foster expression of that which cannot be expressed verbally in words. Visual Art Therapy fosters creative strategies for solving problems, encourages experimentation and improves the capability of dealing effectively with internal and external circumstances.

Closer examination of and with the physical, emotional and subtle body are key components of dance and movement therapy. Through improvisation and creativity, new possibilities are created for experiencing the body in an extended range of movement and through an increased awareness of its individuality. The therapy fosters immediate preverbal, nonverbal and verbal expression and communication with the environment. It enables an experience-oriented approach to personal issues and illnesses through the senses, enhancing one’s creativity and ability to react. A healthy dynamic is regained in dance and movement therapy.

Therapeutic work with language and drama specifically applies language, gestures, drama and creativity for therapeutic purposes. An imaginary reality is playfully created with language, then explored and perceived through the senses and extended and transformed into an artistic-therapeutic process. Language and drama therapy encourages interest in the inner and outer world, self-reflection and creative strategies for solving problems and explores one’s own artistic-therapeutic process in language and gestures. Changes, which occur, also extend to the restoration of a healthy self-regulation of posture, breathing, voice and articulation.

Intermedial art therapy combines the various media contained within the creative arts (visual art, music, movement, drama and theater, sculpture, performance, new media) in order to accordingly be used as a preventive measure or as accompaniment and support to people in crisis and/or rehabilitation thus enhancing physical, mental and emotional well-being. Perception via the senses is multifaceted and can tap into a wealth of personal resources and approaches to solving problems. An integral part of this discipline is the provision of different artistic media, which are combined and linked to attain depth and personal growth.

Music creates movement, awakens emotions and can be used to express emotions. It opens doors to a person’s innermost being. Music is created through constant change and can therefore play a special role in personal development and growth. Through playful experimentation with instruments and the voice, as well as implementing the musical elements of melody, harmony and rhythm, a creative therapeutic process is set in motion, a process, which has a stabilizing, constructive and healing effect on the body, mind and spirit. Through music, a dialogue of the senses is created not only between the music therapist and client, but also between the members of a group.