Éthique du soin en art-thérapie à médiations plastiques

Art-therapy is a recent subject but healing artistic practices over time and cultures had always existed. The ethical issue in art-therapy is concerned with “care” in addition to “cure” and with the patient's quality of life to be taken into close consideration. Several aspects dealing with ethics in art-therapy are discussed in this paper. As for any counselling or therapeutic relationship owed to the patient, the notions of respect, dignity, freedom and independence are cross-disciplinary to all art therapies. In conclusion, the questioning about ethics is always linked with the way artistic techniques will become meaningful for the patient in the context of a therapeutic relationship.