The ability to "read" the created work depends on the professional maturity of the art therapist. In fact, the biggest misunderstanding and the most ill-placed expectation of art therapy entertained by most people is that the therapist will be able to tell them what it all means as soon as the patient produces his first painting, just like a fortune-teller.
而在創作之後，如何來解讀，更考驗著一位藝術治療師的成熟與否，這也是一般人對藝術治療最大的誤解與期待。