This study is intended to find outthe effect of Mandala art-therapy on reducing depression of a
middle age housewife. There search subject was a housewife who was 44 and had symptoms of depression like weeping tears of no reason or sleeping badly without taking a medicine. This program was conducted from Jan.6, 2009 to Apr.7, 2009 and had total 12 sessions with once a week,each lasting 60minutes. For effective analysis of Mandala art-therapy, tested a scale of depression(BDI), drawing ofK-HTP through pre-post-afterwards, and compared the same pattern-Mandala that conducted 1, 12 and afterward ssession.
The results of this study were as follows: First, Mandala art-therapy was effective to reduce depression of a middle-age housewife and that was kept until afterwards test which conducted 2month later after finishing the program. Second, tested drawing ofK-HTP and compared the same pattern-Mandala that conducted pre-post-afterwards, Mandala art-therapy was effective to reduce depression of a middle-age housewife positively. Therefore Mandalaart-therapy is shown to have positive effect on reduction of depression of the middle-agehousewife.
Key Words:Mandala Art-therapy, a Middle-ageHousewife, Depression