In this study involves a man, who was physically healthy before his vertebrae was damaged in an
unexpected accident, was explored. Through art therapy the researcher and participant talked about each
other's lives. The participant accepted he was disabled and inquired into the meaning of art therapy to
him. The participant received 11 sessions of art therapy once a week. Each session lasted 90 minutes. This
study looked into the participant’s experiences as they were and focused on the existential and qualitative
change in the participant’s life. The narrative inquiry was used as the main methodology. The participant's
experiences during art therapy were expressed as follows: ‘I need someone to communicate with', 'I am
afraid of expressing myself', 'a sense of guilt that it was because of me', and ‘I come to love myself taking
my mind off guilt', ’a future that I never imagined, but I may have a future’. The participant was led to
look into his relationships with people around him and gradually came to think that he should love
himself realizing his own distorted ideas. Eventually, he was able to express his feelings one by one though
it was not easy for him. Through art therapy, the participant came to feel ‘draw too' though he had
difficulty expressing himself. He could ‘connect the past, present, and future with one another' and ‘could
live his life as it is' through this opportunity of art therapy given to him.