This study started from acknowledging that even though those who are trying to prompt
health of psyche have got aid through counseling, psychoanalysis, modem medicine and
hospital treatment, there are also limits in effectiveness and maintenance, following limits of
time and economy. To say again, escaping relying on their outward help, in art therapy,
searching for the possibility of self-therapy which can scheme for health by caring his own
psyche of himsel£, and he puts on the purpose to light the e£Iect by its cases.
Research instrument made use of art therapy which would be effective self- therapy
having the characteristics to offer therapeutic procedures and effectiveness visually through
results (picture, work) differing not only in exploration and insight but established
psychotherapy. Research object was determined researcher himself who has done counseling,
art therapy activities and been injured to health of psyche by long terms of struggling
against diseases.
Research period was two years and nine month for executing self-therapy by art therapy,
when I sc1a::tcd 102 sessions for research data excepting 34 scssionsviolating counseling ethics
due to socuring privacy from 136 lotal sessions\' cascsC7.1days/1 session).
The results are as follows;
First, each session\'s art therapy program analysis availed in self-therapy procedures.
Second, analysis self-tberapy effectiveness and revealing in contents of psyche\'s
exploration and insight, in case picture of psyche\'s each region. So, I examined the
possibility of self-therapy by art tberapy.
1. When I examined art therapy programCmethod, materials, the time required, setting
therapy stage etc.) in self-therapy, something special to mention is that it was availed by
free choice considering the object rather than structurized.
2. Analysis self-therapy by art therapy effectiveness, firstly that was designed to reveal the
oppressed desire and satisfy the appealing contents of objects who wantLu to deal with physical pains and psychological conflicts related to symptoms of disease.
In conclusion, the result of this study can be said that the self-therapy helps to open
new field at the both of art and psychotherapy as to prove that the self-therapy is possible
according to psyche\'s exploration and insight by art therapy. And it can also show one of
the ways to those who are researcher, curer, counselor, spiritual director & educator, doctor,
patients and the people searching for self-development at the complex modern society,
according to the art therapy method and steps applied to self-therapy process.