Techniques in Therapeutic Photography:

These are some the most used techniques in therapeutic photography.

Using photographs in traditional counseling

Client centered photography (client photographs outside him/herself)

Client bio-photography (client takes self portraits)

Editing or post processing photographs

Although these are some of the most widely used techniques, there are many more. Photography is a form of art and therefore transcends into an endless array usefulness in the expressive arts. The use of a single photographic image can represent uncountable perspectives and therefore help an individual to interpret his feelings, emotions, thoughts & beliefs.

Images provide symbols:

For example:

I have found that almost every photograph I take of a single tree, is taken from the base of that tree. This can symbolize many things, but in understanding this aspect of myself I know that the tree is something I look at as a form of protection yet also is something I see as overpowering as sometimes represents my own inferiority.

Check out some of your own images. Do you see similarities in your perspective?