![NEW Art Therapy For Child Abuse Survivors: Don't Paint The Problem, Paint The Solution NEW Art Therapy For Child Abuse Survivors: Don't Paint The Problem, Paint The Solution](/dc_imagesc/i.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fimg01.spacenode.com%2Farticle%2F5ry_asked-answered-600.jpg&w=200&q=84&bg=FFFFFF&hash=bcd066f04d0143ee9b7069a71b814c32a9582f1359222c8792ec198429545ebe)
I once knew an artist who had suffered from significant sexual abuse from an early age. This had caused major disturbances in his mind/body systems and as a result, he had nightmares, strange visions, problems of all kinds with his thinking and feeling. As a result he found himself, as so many child abuse survivors do, being far more "creative" than his peers and as is often the case, this led him to pursue a career in the arts.
However, there was a problem with his creativity. He painted the same picture, the same story, over and over again ...