Author(s)

Ying Wei ¹, Shijin Yu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China

Corresponding Author

Ying Wei

ABSTRACT

Art students in colleges and universities are often faced with the dual pressure of cultural courses and art courses. They have a heavy psychological burden and are the high risk group of mental health problems. They need to carry out more work to guide, alleviate and solve their psychological problems. The expressive art therapy is integrated into the mental health teaching of art students. With painting, music, sand table, ceramic art, OH card, psychodrama and other media, students can actively express their inner feelings, feelings and experiences, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving bad emotions, increasing self-awareness, and promoting the sound development of students' personality.

KEYWORDS

Expressive art therapy, mental health courses, practice and exploration, art student

CITE THIS PAPER

Ying Wei, Shijin Yu, The Practice and Exploration of Expressive Art Therapy in the Course of Mental Health of Art Students. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2023) Vol. 6: 42-46. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2023.060409.

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