Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Health - Mental Health, , language: English, abstract: Expressive therapy is also known as the expressive therapies, expressive arts therapy or creative arts therapy, is the use of the creative arts as a form of psychotherapy.Expressive therapy is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expressions.All expressive therapists tapping of the imagination, a person can examine the body, feelings, emotions and his or her thought process. Therapist and client move freely between drawing, dancing, music, drama, and poetry.