\"This study is to see if group art therapy is effective in reducing the depression of the Juveniles under probation. Study subjects are five middle schoolers who, being accused of theft, are in the probational detention with the second degree. The therapy program consisted of a total of 12 sessions from April 15 through May 30, 2008, with two sessions a week and each session lasting 90 minutes. Study tools were pretest and posttest on SDS (Self-rating Depression Scale) and PITR (Person-in-the-Rain). Data analysis was achieved through SPSSWIN 12.0, using pretest and posttest on the depression questionnaire in terms of Nonparametric test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. The results are as follows. First, group are therapy is effective in reducing the depression level of juveniles under probation to the extent that posttest average was 43.80 which was 4.4 lower than 39.40 of posttest average. Second, PITR showed less depression on the subject. So, it has been proved that group art therapy has a positive effect on reducing the depression of the juveniles under probation.
Key Words: Group Art Therapy, Juveniles under Probation, Depression\"