The purpose of this study was to look at how Fabric Art Therapy program affects the reduction of
anxiety and depression of to the mothers with disabled children. This study focuses on two mothers who
use ‘A’ Disabled Welfare, which is located in Seoul. The mothers attended 150-minute fabric art therapy
sessions once a week for a total of 12 sessions. This program centered around using wool and felt. A goal
for each stage of this program was to relax tension through literature review, emotional expression,
conversion to a positive mind, and maintaining a positive mind. To verify the effectiveness of the program,
the researcher analyzed changes of on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Beck Depression
Inventory (BDI). The results of this study are as follows. First, the fabric art therapy had an impact on
decreasing anxiety for mother with disabled children. Second, the fabric art therapy was effective in
reducing depression in mothers with disabled children. Therefore, this study has two meanings. First of all,
fabric art therapy is an effective approach to treating the emotions of mothers with disabled children.
Second, this study was aimed at the mothers who have disabled children who were not active objects of
study. Lastly, this study suggests the possibility of effectively using fabric art as art therapy.