Case Report Analysis: Art Therapy as a Tool During the Exploration Phase in Individual Psychotherapy

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine and review evidence-based strategies through art therapy in the exploration phase during the individual psychotherapy session. Respondent in this study are 11 years old pupil who live in Kuala Lumpur. Art therapy can be used as a guideline for practitioners or psychologists to be practise in fields. These include antecedent strategies that can help reduce the emergence of problematic behaviours as well as interventions that provide positive consequences for appropriate respondent behaviours. Three contributing factor of reluctancy were recognise such as environment, self-conflict and rapport. This study shows that implementing art therapy during the individual psychotherapy session has identified four positive impact (trust, openness, in depth of sharing and real issues for discussion) and helps psychologist to conduct the session in an interactive way.