ETC informed guide to using art therapy interventions for anxiety and depression

This paper is an informational resource guide to facilitating art therapy interventions, using the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) as a framework with adults living with anxiety and/or depressive disorders. It provides a literature review summarizing the ETC, neurobiological functioning, anxiety and depressive disorders and current mental health treatments. Lastly, it offers selections of art therapy interventions for art therapists to use as a foundation to guide individual treatment planning based of the client’s specific presentation on the ETC.