Abstract
In the realm of academic psychological advances, art therapy is a branch of psychotherapy that allows the patient to express those feelings that they can't find words to explain, the present article exposes a conceptual initiation to art therapy in general, and its utilities with patients who have mental disabilities in particular. Our general end view is to come up with an appropriate understanding of the concept of art therapy.
We conducted a theoretical research with a descriptive methodology, in which we reviewed some of the most recent scientific papers, analyzed and synthesized these works. We resorted to reading the university formation programs of psychologists. We accompanied these readings with observations and synthesis. We highlighted in this article some misconceptions about art therapy in Algerian universities, and we provided an update of information that’s recent, and that would facilitate for students research on several aspects of art therapy.
