Face the Face beneath the Face: A Journey into the Creative and Expressive Art Therapy

Abstract

Emotions, being the principal motivators of behavior and learning from the very infancy, play a vital role in a child’s development; in expressing and understanding themselves. Children’s emotional development has held a strong fascination and has always become a subject of research, conversation, observation, formal as well as informal study since long. Emotional socialization ; conducive environment assists children in learning desirable ways of expressing feelings and developing healthy patterns of understanding and regulating emotions. Conversely, if the childhood ambience ignores emotions or creates emotionally detached or harsh relationships, it can adversely affect children’s growth and can harm their cognitive competence as well. EQ is more important than IQ.