How to express emotions through painting?

The therapist asked the visitors to write down five major events in their lives on five blank sheets of paper, and then asked them to turn over all the papers and draw their feelings or experiences in color on the back of the paper, without emphasizing painting skills, only choosing colors or simple figures that can represent the experiences.

This technology helps people realize that the understanding of events and the feeling of events are different, and the difference between them is quite large. Shortening this gap means learning the ability to deal with inner troubles.

2 Emotional expression

Some members of the group will find it difficult to express their feelings. At this time, the group leader will present the portrait pictures of various facial expressions prepared in advance, let the group members look at the pictures, and then give nonverbal feedback to the pictures, such as responding with body language, facial expressions and gestures.

This technology can help introverted and shy members try to express their feelings and enhance their communication skills. If there are still difficulties, ask the member to practice alone, or ask the team leader or other members to demonstrate. It can also be used in individual counseling, which can play the same role.

3 Experience personal emotions

Therapists or group leaders ask everyone to face their own paper and brushes and not pay attention to what others are doing. Choose a color you like, spread it all over the paper as much as possible, and observe it quietly for a while. You will experience that this color has triggered a certain emotion, which is difficult to describe in words. Don't rush to name this emotion, stay quietly in this emotion, try to experience it and then experience it.

This technology can be used for individual counseling to help find the origin of emotions, and it can also be used for groups to deepen the ability of individual self-observation. Similarly, you can explore negative emotional experiences by changing a color you don't like. But at this time, if you are in a group, the control of the instructor is very important. If it can't be controlled, negative emotions will spread out of control, bring adverse effects and form obstacles to group goals. If the problems caused by negative emotions are not dealt with in time, the case will be at risk of injury. The same is true of individual counseling.