This study is a case study that examines how art therapy can effect on juvenile delinquent with anxiety
and low self-esteem. The subject of this study is a second grade student at K highschool in D city, whom
the D city Family Court asked to attend art therapy because the student had been stealing. A total of 16
sessions was conducted, each with 60 minutes long and occurring twice a week, from May 16th to July 5th,
2015. As a measurement tool, the anxiety scale, the self-esteem scale, and HTP were used to verify the
effects of this program. The effects of art therapy on anxiety and low self-esteem were recorded and
analyzed in each session, and the subject's psychological and behavioral changes before and after the
treatment were compared and analyzed. The results were as follows; First, after finishing the art therapy,
the anxiety scale score has decreased from 102 to 85. Therefore, the art therapy had an effect on decreasing
anxiety in the juvenile delinquent. Second, after finishing the art therapy, the self-esteem scale score has
increased from 87 to 113. Therefore, the art therapy had an effect on improving the self-esteem in the
juvenile delinquent. Consequently, art therapy is effective on decreasing anxiety and increasing self-esteem
in the juvenile delinquent.