Les facettes de l'art-thérapie : rencontre avec Anne-Marie Dubois, responsable scientifique du Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de l'Hôpital Sainte-Anne et du Centre d'Etude de l'Expression | COMPLET

"Art therapy brings together psychotherapeutic techniques that use artistic practices as the primary means of communication and expression. Speech is not the main therapeutic tool: reflection and development take shape around engagement in creative work. All forms of practice referring to art categories can be used: painting, modeling, performing arts (theater, dance, puppets), music, writing." Anne-Marie Dubois

The Centre d’Étude de l’Expression (CEE) originated in 1954, when Professor Jean Delay founded the first Department of Psychopathological Art at the Clinic of Mental and Brain Diseases, entrusted to Professor Robert Volmat.

In 1973, this department evolved to become the Centre d’Étude de l’Expression as it exists today. The CEE is a non-profit organization of general interest.

Its mission includes training in art therapy, scientific research, specialized documentation, as well as the preservation and promotion of the Sainte-Anne Collection. It is also a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

© MAHHSA Anne-Marie Dubois is a psychiatrist and child psychiatrist. From 1994 to 2018, she headed an art-mediated psychotherapy unit at the Clinic of Mental and Brain Diseases of the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center.

A psychoanalyst trained at the Psychoanalytical Association of France, she has contributed to bridging the gap between healthcare and creation.

In 2023, she was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters for her involvement with MAHHSA and her work on the Sainte-Anne Collection, intersecting art history and psychiatry.