Embodying Healing through Art Therapy
NYU Steinhardt’s Art Therapy program blends clinical efficacy with holistic wellness for communities across the City – and the world.
“The body has an intrinsic desire and propensity to create,” said Director of Art Therapy Marygrace Berberian. “Artmaking is a really embodied form of healing. For decades, the medical industry has focused on pathology – you have a symptom, or a deficit, and medicine is about addressing the thing that’s wrong. In contrast, creative arts therapies are about shifting the perspective to see what we can do to strengthen the vital part of people rather than focusing on their deficits. It’s a very holistic approach, and a very whole-body approach.”
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