關於創意藝術治療
– About Creative Arts Therapy –

創意藝術治療是一門以創意藝術，包括音樂、藝術、戲劇及舞蹈/ 動作 作媒介的治療。具專業資格的治療師會透過各類臨床創意藝術的應用去促進受助者的身心靈健康。

Creative Arts Therapy is the use of creative arts modality, including music, art, drama, dance/ movement by a credentialed therapist to promote optimal health for individuals within a therapeutic setting.

音樂治療
Music Therapy

音樂治療是一門根據臨床研究而發展出來的專業治療。具專業資格的音樂治療師透過各種臨床音樂的應用，幫助受助者達到不同非音樂性的治療目標，包括心理、情緒、認知、社交、溝通與身體機能等範疇。

Music therapy is the skillful and professional use of music and its elements with individuals who seek to optimize their quality of life, by a credentialed music therapist in an established therapeutic relationship. In the music therapy context, music is used to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health, and facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development.

戲劇治療
Drama Therapy

由合資格的戲劇治療師以心理治療的判斷，專注地運用戲劇歷程來進行心靈治療，以整合身體情緒、轉化生命經驗，促進個人成長。戲劇治療師帶領組員建立一個安全的環境，在信任與接納的氣氛下，以戲劇形式，讓參與者能自然情感流露，表達內在需要及釋放壓抑的情緒如恐懼、憂慮及挫折感等，帶來治療及成長果效。

Drama therapy, facilitate by a professionally trained drama therapist, uses drama and movement in a safe environment to enable people to find ways of expressing their needs, fears, anxieties and frustrations spontaneously and naturally.

舞蹈動作治療
Dance/ Movement Therapy

由合資格的舞蹈動作治療師帶領，透過心理治療的方式來運用身體動作，以促進個人在情緒、社交、認知與身體層面的整合，達到改善健康的目標。它是一門建基於「身、心、靈不可分割且相互影響」的整體療癒方法，將動作視為一種與言語同樣重要的溝通語言，並以此作為評估與介入的主要方式。

Dance/ Movement therapy, facilitate by a qualified dance/movement therapist, is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving health and well-being. It is a holistic approach to healing based on the premise that the mind, body, and spirit are inseparable and interconnected, utilizing movement as both an essential language and a primary tool for therapeutic assessment and intervention.

藝術治療
Art Therapy

藝術治療是利用藝術作為溝通工具，並透過與治療師的治療關係、當事人的情緒、人際關係及個人成長的各種需要得到關注，從而達至持久性改變。在藝術治療師的陪伴下，當事人透過創作視覺圖像（繪畫、素描、模型等），對可能潛藏的內心思緒和感情起了具體化的作用。

透過藝術治療過程中所創造的作品，亦能為當事人帶出「創造」必須及/ 或積極改變的潛能；它也能讓當事人接觸其本身具備的解決困難的能力。

Art Therapy is about using art as a tool for communication and through the therapeutic relationship, emotional, psychosocial and developmental needs are addressed with the intention of effecting lasting change. Making visual images (painting, drawing, models, etc.) in the presence of a qualified Art Therapist contributes towards externalization of thoughts and feelings, which may otherwise remain unexpressed.

The process of art therapy also brings about the potential for clients to ‘create’, through their artwork, necessary and/ or positive changes through the creative process. It also helps clients to get in touch with their own problem solving ability. The problem function of clients in therapy enable clients to move towards change and take action in his/ her life.