How will art therapy help me live well with a chronic condition? Outcomes for children and young people, delivered through one-to-one art psychotherapy and condition-specific art therapy small groups, focus on enabling participants to: articulate feelings they might previously have struggled to understand and express come to accept a diagnosis successfully adhere to medicines that have unpleasant side effects through exploring coping methods learn how to deal with the wider impact of their condition on daily life and relationships overcome fear and anxiety and build resilience not to feel defined by their condition take back some control of their lives at a time when they feel they have very little reduces anxiety and prevents self-harm and suicide ideation. Manage Cookie Preferences