The research focus and development trend of art therapy in Chinese education since the 21st century

Abstract

Since the 21st century, art therapy has made great progress and development in China’s education. To find out the relationship between art therapy and special children, hundreds of related literatures were analyzed using co-word analysis software, which shows that art therapy is increasingly important in special children and their education. Expressive art therapy has a good development prospect in college students’ mental health education and group counseling. The connotation of group painting therapy is constantly enriched. The theme research of mandala painting therapy is closely related, and painting art therapy focuses on the psychological counseling research of different groups, but the two are still in the marginal position in the whole research, and have not been paid attention to. Therefore, in the future research, firstly, we should continue to strengthen the research of art therapy and expressive art therapy in special education and individual mental health education; second, further broaden the depth and breadth of group painting therapy; third, strengthen the study of mandala painting therapy and painting art therapy.

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“…In terms of the application of drawing therapy in China, it is mainly used in the field of education for university students. According to (Cui Yingying, et al [3]) "Art therapy has made great progress and development in China's education industry. Expressive arts therapy has good prospects for development in mental health education and group counselling for university students" [3,4] As time goes by, drawing therapy is not limited to the use of mental health education for university students, but is also used in the field of special education.…”

“…According to (Cui Yingying, et al [3]) "Art therapy has made great progress and development in China's education industry. Expressive arts therapy has good prospects for development in mental health education and group counselling for university students" [3,4] As time goes by, drawing therapy is not limited to the use of mental health education for university students, but is also used in the field of special education. The study by (Lee SL, et al [4]) concluded that art therapy can be used effectively as a precursor therapy for special education children with good therapeutic outcomes [4], and with the advent of the internet, drawing therapy has also been used in the field of virtual therapy.…”