art therapy

noun

The use of creative activities related to the visual arts to improve physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual well-being.

Meanings

nounart therapy (usually uncountable, plural art therapies)

plural art therapies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe use of creative activities related to the visual arts to improve physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual well-being.

Translations

Czech arteterapie
  • arteterapietreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Hungarian művészetterápia
  • művészetterápiatreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Italian arteterapia
  • arteterapiatreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Portuguese arteterapia
  • arteterapiatreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Spanish arteterapia
  • arteterapiatreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Swedish konstterapi, bildterapi
  • konstterapitreatment that uses practicing visual arts
  • bildterapitreatment that uses practicing visual arts
Cite this entry
APA

art therapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20therapy

MLA

“art therapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20therapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “art therapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20therapy.

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