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Art-therapy is a branch of psychotherapy, which uses patient's drawings as a third element in doctor-patient relationships. The role of the spontaneously made pictures in the process of the psychotherapy has been argued for decades. During last two years 108 schizophrenic patients participated in the art-therapeutic process held by me. More than 2300 pictures had been analyzed. One of the questions which I tried to answer was: what characteristics of the drawings are most useful for the process of cure, or it can be said also, why are the drawings so important in the course of the psychotherapy, what do they give to the patient and to the doctor for the therapeutic aid? The answer I could give is following: the pairs of opposites like cosmos and chaos, which can be seen in some patients’ works, is the product of the compensating nature of unconscious. Hence, the pictures which are animated mainly by unconscious carry the same compensating principle, and the role they can play for the patients' sake is to give insight to the conscious and show it the future goal in the process of the personal growth.
Keywords:
art-therapy, schizophrenia, conscious, unconscious, compensating function
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