Edith Kramer Art Therapy

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Art therapy is a relatively young form of treatment that began around the mid-20th century. Kanchan Dilawari and Nishi Tripathi (2014) stated that the birth of art therapy goes back to the British painter, Adrian Hill, who suggested artistic work to his fellow inpatients, while he was treated in a tuberculosis (T.B.) sanatorium. Adrian Hill had discovered the therapeutic benefits of drawing and painting while recovering from tuberculosis. Around the same time, Margaret Naumburg and Dr. Edith Kramer started using art therapy in the United States. In the late 1940s, Margaret Naumburg, created “psychodynamic art therapy”, and began referring to her work as art therapy whereas, Edith Kramer derived art therapy out of artistic practice (Dilawari

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