Title Emotional Release: Benefits of Art TherapyA 6-year-old girl sits next to her therapist, with signs of anxiety on her face. Pieces of paper, pencil and some markers are placed in front of the girl. He's reluctant to speak out, but these colors help release some of the tension in the air. He begins to draw and paint, within fifteen minutes he ends with a sequence of fourteen paintings: "A little pig is attacked by a man who waxes her with a large stick and hits her in the face with a stone, even though he didn't nothing bad. Then the police arrive and take the man away in the car, under a blanket, and the little pig is taken to hospital in an ambulance, “very injured”. It's a very long road. At the hospital she was put on a stretcher, also under a blanket, and taken for an x-ray. She is “really worried” about it and her mother doesn't know she has been hurt. In the x-ray you can see sticks and large pieces of stone inside the pig, where the man injured it. The little pig is so sick, he looks sick and his face is still damaged, he might die... will he get better? She's a little better... she just has a bad eye... she's really better now, she's wearing a nice dress, decorated with a red heart. The End” (Murphy 1). Estimates predict that more than 3.3 million children experience verbal or spousal abuse each year (Osofsky 3), but not all can tell such complete or symbolic stories; what many choose to do with art supplies is make a terrible mess. Precisely through this story many significant themes can be reflected for the abused child: the experience of physical damage, the trepidation of death, the feeling of isolation, the absence of the mother, the sense of injustice, the desire to feel whole and. .. .... half of the sheet ......02). Creativity in art therapy: prime mover or silent partner. PhD thesis, Florida State University, United States - Florida. Network. November 15, 2010. Malchiodi, Cathy A. (2006). The art therapy manual. McGraw-Hill professional. Network. December 3, 2010.Murphy, by Jenny. (2001). Art therapy with young survivors of sexual abuse: speechless. Psychology Press.Web.December 14, 2010.Osofsky, J. The impact of violence on children. Children's Futures: Domestic Violence and Children (1999) 9(3):33-49. Network. December 12, 2010.Specht, Sanne. (July 30). A photo is worth it: the stories behind the art therapy works on display are as compelling as those of the young artists. McClatchy-Tribune Business News. Web.15 November 2010.Wolff, Rudi. (2007, May). Engaging art. Behavioral Health Care, 27(5), 34-5. Network. November 20. 2010.