In addition to psychotherapeutic support, we offer various art therapy methods that enrich our holistic concept. Art therapy gives every patient the opportunity to become active themselves and play an active role in their healing process.
We warmly invite all patients to take advantage of these offers - it is not about painting as beautifully or artistically as possible - nothing is judged in art therapy. Rather, the inner and previously hidden can be expressed here in a playful and spontaneous way. This has a liberating and at the same time enlightening effect, as inner processes can be made conscious here.
At the Hufeland Clinic, you can choose from the following options, depending on your preference:
Painting therapy
Expression painting
Working on the clay field
Painting therapy - images as the language of the soul
Painting therapy helps you to (re)discover the joy of painting and working with colors. It helps you to playfully free yourself from inner pressure and excessive demands on yourself, thereby overcoming creative inhibitions.
As the pictures are like a mirror for the soul, they help you to gain self-knowledge. As a result, they can express inner processes and have a healing effect. No previous artistic knowledge is required. Anyone can do it!
The process:
The painting therapy takes place in small groups (max. six people).
We start with a meditative introduction. Using liquid watercolors (plant-based), we embark on a journey of discovery into our own inner world through spontaneous, playful painting. Under therapeutic guidance, this results in mood pictures that are not viewed or even evaluated according to aesthetic standards.
In individual sessions with the art therapist, Ms. Hofmann-Klingert, you will be given the opportunity to discuss and process the experiences you have gained while painting.
Expression painting "Painting the pressure off your soul"
For whom is expression painting recommended?
For anyone who feels the need to paint a burden off their soul. For anyone who wants to express themselves freely when painting. And for all those who want to embark on the adventure of a journey into their inner world of images and discover their own inner wisdom.
The process:
We work in small groups (max. six people) during expressive painting. We paint with opaque colors on large sheets of paper on the wall. You can paint, blot or smear to your heart's content with brushes, sponges or even your hands. Everyone can express themselves here in their own personal way and without regard to aesthetic criteria.
The resulting picture represents a station on your journey into your hidden depths and becomes the starting point for the next one as you move on. The art therapist will accompany and support you individually on this path.
Working on the clay field
The WORK ON THE CLAY FIELD method was founded and developed by Professor Heinz Deuser in 1972. Today, it is used in an irreplaceable way in educational and therapeutic settings. Experience shows that working on the sound field is often experienced as very intense.
The material clay strengthens the connection to the earth on the one hand and to oneself on the other. Working on the clay field helps to develop a better sense of self and initiates clarifying and healing processes.
The process:
The work on the clay field takes place in individual sessions. A flat wooden box, filled with soft, malleable clay and smoothed out. With a bowl of water. Two people: One person engages in a tactile, active and creative interaction with the material, expressing their relationship to the world and to themselves - the other (the therapist) accompanies this process.
The clay material can be touched and perceived, explored and shaped with the hands, depending on one's own possibilities and wishes. If possible, the eyes remain closed so that the visual perception can recede and the sense of touch can develop freely. The limited field provides support for the perceiving hands, the flat surface offers free space. The malleable material absorbs every touch and allows creation and transformation. What is important here is the encouragement and presence of the companion.