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275 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress and explicit memory. 22 Meekums, B. (1999) reported a study found art therapy is also useful to uncover consciousness, to produce a finished product that could provide further therapeutic agents to work by providing a non-verbal way on the client to “talk” about the abuse. 23 B.3 Benefits of “Art Therapy” on Client Trauma In general, the benefits of “Art Therapy” for the client is able to relieve trauma and reduce the level of trauma they experienced, because with this therapy the client can issue all the painful things without words. Because not everyone is able to express what is felt verbally, therefore it is necessary container and the means that can be used as a tool to disclosure. In particular there are five aspects of the benefits for the client, namely: (1) can heal the client, (2) the achievement of the client, (3) strengthen the client, (4) the relaxation and stress relieving the client, and (5) Relieves pain on the client. First, it can heal the client: that art therapy can help clients understand personal feelings to recognize and deal with anger, resentment and other emotions through painting, drawing or graffiti is done.Will be particularly helpful during or after an incident or illness that left the trauma, which is difficult to express inwords. In addition, this therapy could help revive his spirits. Because this therapy not only helps the mental problems of adults, this therapy can also help children who lack words to express themselves fully. Children client is basically a very creative and artistic.They could easily describe their feelings and emotions through the creation of works of art. Because, through art, traumatic event that has been stored in the subconscious can also back up to the surface. If emotion is released, then the recovery process will be faster. Second, the achievement of the client: it means creating a work of art can build confidence and nurture a sense of love and respect ourselves. Because in this case, art therapy can be used as a means of communication, more than just talking verbal, clients are also more easily express the events that left the trauma through artistic creation rather than using words. Through art therapy, they are asked to reveal dreams experienced. Because the dream difficult to disclose verbally, this sort of thing excavated from art therapy. From there it will be visible conditions experienced in the narrative, symbolic, and schematic. By doing so, they can understand the real problems and can increase their confidence. Third, strengthen client: Art therapy can help clients describe the emotions and fears that cannot be expressed in words. In this way, the client is able to control the feelings scared, so they can be more robust to deal with various problems that occur, knowing what she was feeling. Because with them realize howmuch fear, anxiety and trauma, it will always find a way to improve and his family. Fourth, relaxation and relieve stress. Chronic stress can be harmful to both body and mind. For the body stress reaction can be diarrhea, nausea and some even vomiting, sweating, irregular running (pacing), neck strain. For the mind of stress can make people not poor concentration, difficulty thinking, anxiety, panic and others. Art therapy can be used as a single
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