New media in art therapy

Abstract

The article aims to show possible uses of new media in art therapy. Based on the art therapy process, it describes practical uses of new media in therapy for patients in long-term hospitalization in a daycare ward of a psychiatric hospital. The use of new media in therapy for a woman diagnosed with autism is presented. In the case of interventions for people in long-term hospitalization, a series of workshops included 16 sessions, and in the case of individual art therapy for the person diagnosed with autism - 12 sessions. The introduction of new media to art therapy resulted in the activation of creative powers, a sense of agency and self-control, objectivization of reality, and self-observation.