Psychotherapy was conducted with an expressive art therapy
approach by a nurse psychotherapist experienced in psychodynamic art psychotherapy and individual psychotherapy based
on the object relations model. Besides the psychodynamic psychotherapy education, the psychotherapist in this study used
psychodynamic art psychotherapy with severe mental disorders for
the past 20 years. She has attended painting classes in the Mimar
Sinan Fine Arts Academy for six months, worked in an artist’s studio in order to acquire experience with painting techniques and
use of art material and attended various seminars and courses in
Turkey on art psychotherapy and creativity. She has consulted with
a supervisor who is experienced in art psychotherapies from her
work abroad.