Art psychotherapy sessions were carried out in a broad room
where one side consists of a table and art materials and the other
side of armchairs. Sessions last 60 min and typically divided into
three parts. During the first part lasting 5–10 min, there was an
introduction to the session and warm up, in the second part sensational and perceptional deepening and spontaneous creative
artwork took place and the last 15 min was devoted to looking at the
artwork from outside, sharing about the artwork and clarification,
confrontation and interpretation when necessary. How the sessions
will be carried out was set by the therapist in a semi-structured
way, but the artwork was created first by the patient with the use of
improvisation and then through the interaction with the therapist.
How the sessions proceed was initially planned by the therapist in
a semi-structured fashion, however they developed in an original
and improvisational way first by the initiative of the patient and
then in interaction with the therapist. The kind of artwork that will
be created in the session was set forth by what the patient brings to
the session that day (subjects effecting the patient, feelings, dreams,
transferential processes, the way s/he perceives himself and others,
fears, longings, conflicts and resistances, etc.) by working in depth
with the therapist.