Abstract
Art therapy employ art symbols to externalize an individual’s psychology, emotion, personality and subconsciousness. Thus, it is widely applied in psychological consultation and treatment as well as clinical treatment of physical and mental diseases, whereas the study of integrating art therapy into art teaching among colleges and universities is rarely seen. To this end, this study, aimed at the psychological behavior and problems of college students who are prone to worry, dysphoria, fear, melancholy and irritability after the outbreak of COVID-19 in spring 2020, carries out the application research of integrating art therapy into college art teaching, in attempt to alleviate their psychological distress caused by the epidemic and assist them to establish a psychological defense mechanism for addressing future similar catastrophic events while inculcating art knowledge, and further develop the art teaching mode of “art therapy integrated into art teaching”.
Highlights
Art therapy employ art symbols to externalize an individual’s psychology, emotion, personality and subconsciousness
Art educators are obliged to notice their mental health while teaching art knowledge, enable them to learn the fine arts knowledge while alleviate psychological distress caused by the epidemic through stage art therapy, help them to construct the psychological defense mechanism to face up with similar catastrophic events again, step into the society healthily and face the future positively, which is the responsibility of art educators in colleges and universities
The initial portfolio mainly filed from the students’ personal information, family living environment, individual mental health and so forth, so as to provide as detailed and accurate first-hand information as possible for the follow-up study and ensure the smooth development of the study. 3.2 Orient Psychotherapy as Guidance, Integrate Art Therapy into College Art Teaching System Considering the effect of art therapy derives from the professional intervention and guidance of psychotherapists, the research team is composed of senior psychological counselors and professional art teachers in colleges and universities
Summary
Art therapy employ art symbols to externalize an individual’s psychology, emotion, personality and subconsciousness. The research on the integration of art therapy and art teaching in China is sufficiently in-depth, which is mainly carried out in the campus mental health counseling and psychological education teaching, but the combination of art education in colleges and universities is not commonly seen.
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