This study was the inquiry into the encountering self experience of a novice art therapist, through examining previously created paintings and responsive art, perceiving the need for self-reflection and self-exploration. 12 pieces of past artworks of the therapist who created for 8 years, were collected, 5 artworks produced by responsive art were selected, and the researcher tried to meditate on them. artworks and notes of the therpaist were reinterpreted and explored with a new perspective to answer questions in personal analysis. So, the narrative research method, a qualitative research method, was applied. While conducting this inquiry process, the researcher gained an insight through recognizing the expressed self in the past artworks. In addition, the researcher was able to experience that supressed emotions were alleviated and cured through the re-experiencing responsive artworks. This art therapy experience made the researcher consciously aware of the unconscious needs, while relieving suppressed emotions, and finding comfort and stability. At the same time, this study led the novice art therapists to trust art therapy and understand others more based on understanding of the self. On the basis of these contents, the significance and limitations of this study were discussed.