ABSTRACT
Group therapy became an accepted mode of treatment largely because of the putative efficiency of treating many patients with only one or two therapists in one room at one time, and these features are salient reasons for its continued use. In the studio based group, people come together to make art and are influenced in some way by the presence of others, but the focus is on the process of the individual's art making and the final art product. In the studio setting, art making can facilitate self-expression while providing social interaction in a growth-enhancing environment. Lark facilitated community-based workshops for groups of adults from differing social, cultural, racial, and political backgrounds. However, with appropriate group membership and enough time for trust to develop, a relational process-oriented art therapy group can be an agent of change. Making art together develops a graphic language that enables people to speak to each other in ways that are often unattainable by words alone.
