This study aimed to monitor how the quality of a chronic schizophrenic patient's life was changed
through the art therapy. The participant was a middle-aged female patient who had been suffering from
schizophrenia and held in a closed ward for more than 3 years. In total, 80 sessions of art therapy were
carried out. The change in quality of life was monitored through records of art therapy procedures,
observation of behavior by hospital staffs, the HTP test, and the Korean version of 4th revision of
Schizophrenia Quality of Life (SQLS-R4K). The results showed the following. First, the participant
experienced decreased anxiety, helplessness, and atrophy, and increased emotional stability through the
emotional nurturing experiences from art therapy, enabling her to lead a normal life in the hospital and
eventually upgrading her quality of life. Second, according to the HTP test, the participant showed less
anxiety, helplessness, and atrophy, and the changed attitude allowed the participant to have a positive
relationship with others. Third, according to SQLS-R4K, the drop in the result from 57.57 to 25.75 means
the participant’s quality of life increased in the psychosocial feelings domain, cognition domain, and vitality
domain. Therefore, art therapy could help positively influence a chronic schizophrenic patient’s quality of
life and lead her to have a normal life thanks to the emotional nurturing experiences.