Family Art Therapy

Mural art therapy for young offenders hospitalised with a mental illness

“…We felt this mirrored an improved acceptance and tolerance of themselves, with the mural acting as an extension of each participant and the group as a whole. 11 The participants provided positive comments on each section, their role in the production of the mural and they identified areas in the mural that required improvement. The final session marked a corporate experience of positive completion within a therapeutic relational framework, with a strong sense of success by satisfactory completion of their allocated tasks.…”