Although healthcare interventions—including those targeting mental health problems—are usually delivered in clinics and hospitals, nowadays the museum sector has come to play an important role in improving health and well‐being, enhancing the development of social inclusion and challenging discrimination. This paper explores the ways in which art therapy can be applied in the museum field and how, with the assistance of art therapists, museum spaces can become therapeutic holding environments that help individuals cope with physical, emotional and mental issues, and make sense of life situations.

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Due to its nature, art psychotherapy can offer adopted children the capacity and opportunity to face problems that might occur at a young age. This paper examines what adoption means to children and how it impacts their mental, social, and emotional well-being. It goes on to provide an insight into how art psychotherapy can address emotional conflict, foster coping mechanisms, reduce anxiety, improve problems solving skills, and integrate traumatic experiences in ways that are not feasible through verbal therapy. A series of guidelines and activities are proposed in order to stimulate the creative therapeutic process. The conclusion is that art psychotherapy, together with the safety of a stable home and caring family, can allow adopted children to face past problems and live a more balanced life.