Women's experiences of turning points and change through art therapy 

The aim of this study was to explore possible experiences of turning points and changes during individual art therapy. The question addressed was: how would you describe your experience of a turning point in the context of art therapy?

Seventeen women who have attended art therapy were consecutively recruited from four different art therapists.  After group information the patients were asked to choose pictures they wanted to talk about during an individual interview. The images were photographed. Twelve woman described changes that can be viewed as a turning point and the other five described a more gradual unclear change.