I would say that in the journey to mental health and well-being, all is fair. Some are even nice. I consider art therapy to be one of these. It is a form of psychotherapy that uses the artistic and creative process to help people explore their emotions, express their experiences, and find paths to healing and growth. In Art Therapy, people are given the opportunity to work with a variety of art materials, such as paint, crayons, clay, or collage, and create images or objects that reflect their inner world and experiences. In general, there is a place to roam, to sublimate, if expressed in the language of psychoanalysis. Through the artistic process and materials, the art therapist creates a safe space where clients can freely express their thoughts, feelings and experiences, not limited by words. By the way, this is why art therapy can still be used for children. Art therapy allows people to become aware of and explore their emotions, relationships, trauma, conflicts and other aspects of their lives. This method can be helpful for people experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma or any other psychological problems. It can help improve self-esteem, develop awareness, relieve emotional stress, learn to regulate emotions and find inner strength and resources to solve problems. We have a variety of types and methods of work at our disposal, depending on the needs and preferences of the client. To your taste, as they say. I would highlight the following as the most common types of art therapy and how they are used: Painting and Drawing: Clients can use paints, pencils, or markers to create paintings or drawings that express their emotions, fantasies, and inner world. Sculpting and sculpting: Working with clay, clay, or other materials can help clients embody their experiences by creating three-dimensional objects. Collage: Using different textures, colors and images to create a collage allows clients to express illustrations of their thoughts and feelings. Dance and Movement: Art therapy can also include movement and the use of the body as a means of self-expression and exploration of emotions. Music and Sound: Clients can play musical instruments, sing, create musical compositions, or simply listen to music to express their emotions, to name just a few examples. Of course, no one and nothing can stop us from combining these different techniques depending on the individual needs of a particular person. In art there is always an author who creates a work. In the context of art therapy, the author of the work of art is the client himself. In art therapy, it is not so much important to judge the quality of art, but to explore and understand what is happening inside a person in the process of creating it. It is not for nothing that many artists intuitively came to this method of self-help. They transferred difficult emotions and experiences onto canvas in the form of images, onto paper in the form of text, or created a sequence of movements, forming a dance from them, etc. As we noted above, these are variants of the so-called sublimation - the transformation of internal impulses with some socially acceptable actions, the result of which can be many things, including works of art. In conclusion, I would like to draw attention to the fact that it is even considered that for a creative person, who is involved in art or any other creative activity should not use any other psychotherapeutic help or self-help other than sublimation. Otherwise, his internal storms will subside, and he will stop creating. What if he does this for a living? Psychological well-being achieved in alternative ways, as a result, will lead to a person’s inner harmony, but the writer will not write a single line, the artist’s canvases will remain white and the list goes on. So sometimes for some people art therapy is the only way out and at the same time most preferred. But it's definitely effective. Not all.