Introduction: It is well known that the modern pace of life, information overload and responsibilities often overstretch a person's resilience, who finds it increasingly difficult to find harmony within himself and with other people. Whatever the sources of man's life and spiritual dilemmas and aspirations may be, one thing is certain: they result in a growing interest in various types of therapy, including art therapy. Therefore, the aim of this article was to present art therapy in terms of its role in helping a person, especially in difficult situations or the presence of personality and environmental difficulties. Material and Methods: The article is a review and a type of qualitative research with a content analysis method was used to obtain source material. Scientific databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science and Pub Med were used. Results: The analysis of the collected source material made it possible to realise the intended goal and to find out examples of the practical application of art therapy with people in need of support, with disabilities, with depression, with communication problems, with withdrawal, or in relieving stress and tensions. Conclusions: Consciously applied art therapy activities are an attractive and effective working method not only for therapists, but also for other professionals, and the offer of extending art therapy competences by various forms of art therapy aimed at supporting human development and creativity is finding more and more supporters. Therefore, drawing attention to this area of research encourages reflection and the continuation of research.