This study examined the psychological trauma experience of a golf player and the meaning of that experience through art therapy for resilience. The study participant was a 26-year-old male golf player who received a total of 16 art therapy sessions for 50 minutes once a week from August 5 to December 16, 2022. Data was collected from psychological test reports, initial interviews, audio recordings and verbatim transcripts of art therapy sessions, photos of works from each session, and the researcher's observation log. The data were analyzed using session-specific content analysis and iterative comparative analysis. The conclusions of this study were as follows. First, the research participant helped his self-understanding by visualizing and expressing his emotions and feelings by psychological trauma expressed on art work images. Second, during the art therapy process, the pariticpant gained the ability to self-regulate by expressing and processing various emotions purifying and accepting them. Third, during the artwork process, the parcitpant could build trustworthy relationship with the researcher, an internal and external support system was established, and interpersonal skills showed positive changes. Fourth, a positive self-concept was formed while feeling a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in the process of completing the work. Therefore, the art therapy for resilience helped player achieve growth through exploration and resolution of emotions and conversion of thinking. Based on these research results, the significance and limitations of this study were discussed.