Art therapy: a world beyond creative expression | Carol Hammal | TEDxGUC

Can art be a form of therapy? Could art actually be equivalent to the common pain killers used in the Medical Industry? Shockingly, the answer is yes. Carol Hammal stuns us with how a twist of fate changed her life and introduced her to Art Therapy. After studying in the United States Art Therapy, she decided to head back home and share what it is she had learnt with the community. Her own community. Just like her life has been forever changed, she was hoping she could do the same to ours. Here she is, clarifying how art has the power to improve both our physical and mental well-being. This talk aims to create the first graduate Art Therapy Program. She also highlights one of her patient's journey through therapy. This talk provides awareness for this exceptional phenomenon to emerge. Pain and suffering does indeed vary; coming in all kinds. Perhaps art could be the remedy? Let us find out!

Art psychotherapist, musician, visual artist, Carol Hammal, graduated from the American University in Cairo '07 with a BA (Hon's) in Art. She then pursued a Master's degree in Art Therapy at the Hahnemann program at Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2009. She returned to Egypt after completing her master's coursework in 2011. Hammal is a member of the American Art Therapy Association and she attends its yearly conference at the USA, while providing talks about the clinical progress of Art Therapy in Egypt. She joined the Serenity Psychology Center in Maadi, and is currently an Art Therapy consultant at Egypt's renowned Behman hospital, closely working within its impatient addiction unit.

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