Archive for November, 2012
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Public Law 554, facilitating the formation of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
Monday, November 26th, 2012Music Education Week sponsored by the WPA included lectures on music therapy
Monday, November 26th, 2012President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the New Deal, of which the Works Progress Administration and Federal Music Project were a part
Monday, November 26th, 2012First outbreak of “Dancing Mania” in Germany
Monday, November 26th, 2012James Leonard Corning’s publication of the first experimental study on music therapy
Monday, November 26th, 2012World War II
Sunday, November 25th, 2012During World War II the benefits of using art to treat soldiers suffering from “shell shock” became known.
Today
Sunday, November 25th, 2012Art therapy is a popular and constantly growing field of therapy. As the world becomes more competent and technologically advanced, art therapy will undoubtedly be influenced. It remains to be seen if these changes will be positive or negative.
Art Therapy and Professionalism
Sunday, November 25th, 2012In the 1970’s, many people began to explore the possibility of turning art therapy into a strong and long-standing profession.
Gestalt Therapists and Art Therapy
Sunday, November 25th, 2012Gestalt therapists began using art therapy in the 1960s.
Art Therapy at St. Elizabeths
Sunday, November 25th, 2012Art therapy became a form of treatment used in mental hospitals during the 1940’s. One hospital that was a pioneer for the use of arts in treatment was St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.