(1)"Creative expression is helpful to healthy human development and recovery from mental distress. Formal arts therapies for people with mental health problems aim to help people draw on their inner, creative resources while exploring personal issues with a trained arts therapist in a safe, contained space, in order to achieve psychological change. People who have used arts therapies say they provide a greater sense of choice and control than medication or talking therapies."

(1)https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/a/arts-therapies