The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of Cognitivebehavioral group art therapy program on the self-esteem and empathy of chronic schizophrenic patients. The subjects of this study are Schizophrenic patients from 20 to 60 years of age who were diagnosed based on DSM-V at Health Promotion center K city, Jeonnam. And they have taken dose medication over 5 years. Of 24 subjects who notified their intention to attend the program, after 12 experimental domains and 12 control domains were randomly assigned, experimental group was implemented overall 15 times, 90 minutes once a week, from June 3, 2014 to September 9. But cotrol group was not given any art therapy program. To check the effect of Cognitive-behavioral group art therapy program on the self-esteem and empathy, the study tested paired sample t-test and analyzed using SPSS 18 statistical program. The study results are as follows. First, self-esteem and positive elements of experimental group applying Cognitive-behavioral group art therapy program were improved, but negative elements were decreased. Secondly, not only empathy ability of chronic schizophrenic patients applying Cognitive-behavioral group art therapy program were improved, but also as sub-domain, emotional and Cognitive elements were improved. To sum these results up, the Cognitive-behavioral group art therapy program is helpful to improve self-esteem and empathy ability of chronic schizophrenic patients.