The Art and Science of Emotional Healing — #2 How Superman Heals Depression through Comic Book Therapy

For an introduction to the entire series of my Medium.com articles about mental and emotional healing please read this post — Why You Suffer Mentally and Emotionally and Tips to Free Yourself — https://lewiscoaches.medium.com/why-you-suffer-mentally-and-emotionally-and-tips-to-free-yourself-d6292000a219

What is Comic Book Therapy?: Comic book therapy, also called Cartoon Therapy, and Graphic Arts Therapy is a form of Creative Arts Therapy in which those undergoing or have already completed rehabilitation express their experiences through personal narratives within a graphic, animation, or comics format.

Who developed it? Ian Williams. A comic book artist, physician, and writer coined the term.

Most believe the origins of this field can be traced back to prehistoric cave drawings and man’s desire to express himself with pictures.

Most in the field agree that the blossoming of emotional influence through comic art begins in 1938 with the publication of Action Comics #1. This comic was the first to detail the adventures and heroic efforts of Superman.

What is the basic theory? The combination of text and image enable patients to process their memories and emotions through…