{"id":2420,"date":"2020-01-10T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.njartscouncil.org\/?p=424"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T04:42:58","slug":"art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is no cure and many patients are tempted to give up. Yet stress and anxiety feed mental illness and weaken the body&#8217;s ability to fight the growth of cancer cells, so they are not side issues. They shape how someone copes with the whole of their treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Access to social services can bring that stress and anxiety down. Art classes are one example of an activity that helps terminal cancer patients, and they turn out to be one of the more approachable ones. Nobody needs prior skill, and the barrier to starting is close to zero.<\/p>\n<p>So how does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/7-good-reasons-to-take-up-art-and-craft\/\" title=\"7 Good Reasons to Take Up Art and Craft\">art help in reducing stress<\/a> and anxiety?<\/p>\n<h2>Art helps with self-expression<\/h2>\n<p>Surveys report that cancer patients often lack enough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/stable-linux-distro-for-gpt-4-5-development\/\" title=\"Stable Linux Distro for GPT-4.5 Development\"  >information<\/a> about their own cases, so they cannot make the informed decisions they should be able to make. That gap creates stress and anxiety that could be avoided with clearer communication from care teams.<\/p>\n<p>Those feelings of frustration build up inside, which makes the situation worse for the patient. Art gives patients an outlet to get the emotion out into the open.<\/p>\n<p>Many scientists think images are among the most direct tools for helping people feel and share emotions. The idea is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/benefits-of-good-photography-for-your-brand-and-image\/\" title=\"Benefits of Good Photography for Your Brand and Image\">images are far more effective<\/a> at communicating emotion than words, at least in terms of speed. A drawing can carry something a patient has not yet found the sentence for.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of people in art therapy have not picked up a pencil since they left school. Even so, this act of self-release lets cancer patients express what they may struggle to say to close family members or to their doctors. The point is not to produce good art. The point is to move something from inside to outside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/loneliness.jpg\" alt=\"Art Can Help Cancer Patients\" width=\"679\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/loneliness.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/loneliness-432x169.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/loneliness-628x245.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/loneliness-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Reducing the isolation felt by cancer patients<\/h2>\n<p>Social isolation is a real problem for cancer patients. It comes partly from depression and partly from the plain fact that many old hobbies can no longer be pursued. But interaction matters for mental health, and it encourages health-seeking behaviour. In other words, it raises the chance that a patient takes a proactive role in their own treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Communal art classes let cancer patients mix in a new setting. They can talk to others going through the same experience.<\/p>\n<p>That matters because many people with cancer struggle to connect with anyone who understands what a terminal diagnosis feels like. Friends want to help but cannot always reach it. A room of people who are living the same thing can.<\/p>\n<p>This connection can be the difference for anyone trying to survive deadly cancers like mesothelioma. Paul Kraus, the world&#8217;s longest mesothelioma survivor, places great importance on hobbies and activities that relax the mind and release anxiety.<\/p>\n<h2>Supporting caregivers<\/h2>\n<p>It is easy to forget that cancer also puts great strain on caregivers. They too are at risk of mental health problems while looking after a loved one, and they tend to pass their feelings and frustrations back to the person they care for, often without meaning to.<\/p>\n<p>Art therapy gives caregivers the same release that patients get. That builds a stronger care unit and improves the quality of care at home. When the person doing the caring is steadier, the person receiving it feels it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-427 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting.jpeg\" alt=\"Art Can Help Cancer Patients 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting-432x242.jpeg 432w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting-696x390.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting-768x430.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/painting-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Expressing the unsaid<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond self-expression, there is a harder truth: no matter how comfortable a patient becomes, some thoughts stay unspoken.<\/p>\n<p>These dark, negative thoughts can be crippling. Art is sometimes the only way they ever come out. In art therapy there is no requirement to explain the meaning behind a piece. A patient can make something without narrating it, and the work does the talking. That makes it a rare route for the heaviest thoughts to surface.<\/p>\n<h2>Valuing escapism<\/h2>\n<p>Terminal cancer patients are also encouraged to attend art classes for the escapism. Living with a disease that cannot be fully cured is hard, and for many patients it feels close to impossible day to day.<\/p>\n<p>Art therapy lets them step out of that reality, if only for an hour or two a week. It works on the same principle as watching television or losing yourself in any other hobby. You are passing the time in a way that lets you forget everything else for a while. That kind of escape can lift quality of life more than it sounds like it should.<\/p>\n<h2>Improving performance during hospitalisation<\/h2>\n<p>Hospitals across the country now offer art therapy to patients. The reason is a growing body of evidence that art therapy can shorten the overall length of hospital stays.<\/p>\n<p>The research shows that patients who take part in art classes are less likely to need pain medication and more open to using anti-cancer medication in the first place. At the very least, art therapy improves quality of life. For patients who have only weeks or months left, it can raise the standard of end-of-life care too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gtgrtger-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How families find art therapy in the first place<\/h2>\n<p>None of this helps if patients and caregivers cannot find a programme when they need one. That is a discovery problem, and it is the same one people face with any local service. Pew Research Center, in its 2011 report on where people get information about local businesses, found that Americans rely on the internet ahead of any other source, with 36% turning to search engines for information on local businesses. For families already stretched thin, being able to search, or to browse a curated list of vetted providers, is often the practical first step toward getting help. Programmes that are easy to find and clearly described get used. Ones that are not, however good, stay empty.<\/p>\n<h2>Does art therapy help in practice?<\/h2>\n<p>It is tempting to dismiss art therapy as theory with no evidence behind it. Scientists do not yet understand exactly how it works, but they know it works, because studies keep showing it.<\/p>\n<p>In studies where patients did art therapy alongside chemotherapy, at least 90% said they found it helpful during treatment, for the reasons set out above.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of result, repeated consistently, points in one direction: art therapy is worth exploring for terminal cancer patients. It costs little to try and asks little of the person trying it.<\/p>\n<h2>A closing thought on art therapy<\/h2>\n<p>Mental health should never be undervalued in cancer care. Art therapy can give many patients the relief they need from anxiety about a difficult road ahead. It is becoming more common than it has ever been, and the scientific evidence keeps strengthening the case for using it with terminal cancer patients.<\/p>\n<p>If you are supporting someone through treatment, the concrete takeaway is simple. Look for a local art therapy programme, ask their care team whether the hospital already runs one, and try a single session. There is little to lose and, on the evidence, a good deal to gain. Do you think art therapy has a place in a terminal cancer patient&#8217;s life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is no cure and many patients are tempted to give up. Yet stress and anxiety feed mental illness and weaken the body&#8217;s ability to fight the growth of cancer cells, so they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[744],"class_list":["post-2420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art","tag-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jasmine Business Directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jasminedirectory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.gombos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"789\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gombos Atila Robert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jasminedir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jasminedir\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gombos Atila Robert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/088f91f4a09b0333a72c29560bcb6486\"},\"headline\":\"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1185,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Art\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":789,\"caption\":\"Photo credit: jasminedirectory.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jasmine's Business Directory Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jasmine Business Directory\",\"alternateName\":\"Jasmine Directory\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Jasmine-directory-logo-official.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Jasmine-directory-logo-official.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Jasmine Business Directory\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/jasminedirectory\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jasminedir\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/jasminedirectory\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/jasminedir\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Jasmine_Directory\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.crunchbase.com\\\/organization\\\/jasmine-directory\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/088f91f4a09b0333a72c29560bcb6486\",\"name\":\"Gombos Atila Robert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jasminedirectory.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936\",\"caption\":\"Gombos Atila Robert\"},\"description\":\"Gombos Atila Robert brings over 15 years of specialized experience in marketing, particularly within the software and Internet sectors. His academic background is equally robust, as he holds Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in relevant fields, along with a Doctorate in Visual Arts.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/atilagombos.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/robert.gombos\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/jasmine.directory\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/robertgombos\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Jasmine_Directory\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety","description":"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety","og_description":"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is","og_url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/","og_site_name":"Jasmine Business Directory","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jasminedirectory\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.gombos\/","article_published_time":"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":789,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Gombos Atila Robert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jasminedir","twitter_site":"@jasminedir","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/"},"author":{"name":"Gombos Atila Robert","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/088f91f4a09b0333a72c29560bcb6486"},"headline":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety","datePublished":"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/"},"wordCount":1185,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg","keywords":["Art"],"articleSection":["Art"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/","name":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-10T18:20:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-24T04:42:58+00:00","description":"Stress and anxiety are a serious problem for terminal cancer patients. That is especially true with aggressive cancers like mesothelioma, where there is","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/statue-of-liberty-national-monument.jpg","width":1200,"height":789,"caption":"Photo credit: jasminedirectory.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/art-can-help-cancer-patients-reduce-stress-anxiety\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Art Can Help Cancer Patients Reduce Stress and Anxiety"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/","name":"Jasmine's Business Directory Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Jasmine Business Directory","alternateName":"Jasmine Directory","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jasmine-directory-logo-official.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jasmine-directory-logo-official.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Jasmine Business Directory"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jasminedirectory\/","https:\/\/x.com\/jasminedir","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jasminedirectory\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/jasminedir\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jasmine_Directory","https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/jasmine-directory"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/088f91f4a09b0333a72c29560bcb6486","name":"Gombos Atila Robert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936","url":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/cfc93b692b3469fdbcf2be9b45c0355e.jpg?ver=1783632936","caption":"Gombos Atila Robert"},"description":"Gombos Atila Robert brings over 15 years of specialized experience in marketing, particularly within the software and Internet sectors. His academic background is equally robust, as he holds Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in relevant fields, along with a Doctorate in Visual Arts.","sameAs":["https:\/\/atilagombos.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.gombos\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasmine.directory\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robertgombos\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jasmine_Directory"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasminedirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}