Art therapy is regarded as a therapeutic approach based on non-verbal methods, encompassing multiple modalities. The aim is to promote health and recovery through active or receptive participation in expressive activities. Since March 2024, I have been leading weekly group sessions of intuitive painting with inpatients at a psychiatric hospital. The patients engage in intuitive painting based on the images and feelings that arise; afterwards they share their experiences. This lecture will discuss patients’ participation processes as well as analyses of their paintings – the initial painting and the series of paintings.