Psychosomatic art therapy in representing the experience of illness is based on the principle that illness is not merely a set of physical symptoms, but rather a multi-layered experience that simultaneously affects the person's body, emotion, cognition, identity, and social relationships. When a person is faced with chronic illness, cancer, pain, or significant physical changes, their relationship with the body may change, and emotions such as fear, anger, sadness, shame, insecurity, and helplessness are placed alongside physical experiences. In many cases, this complex experience cannot be fully conveyed through verbal language, and art can be used as a medium to represent parts of the experience that are difficult to express directly. Painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, music, and creative writing allow the individual to express the experience of the body, pain, fatigue, physical changes, and emotions associated with the illness in a symbolic and personal way. In this process, the artistic image is not a definitive diagnostic tool, but rather a medium for dialogue, observation, and meaningfulness of the experience of the disease. A person may paint their body as a broken, confined, heavy, colorless, or changing image, and this representation can be the starting point for a conversation about their feelings and perceptions of the physical state. The importance of this process lies in the fact that the bodily experience is transformed from a vague sensation into a visible and observable experience, and the patient can better recognize the relationship between his or her physical feelings, thoughts, and perceptions. From the perspective of emotion regulation, visual representations can help identify and organize complex emotions and create a psychological distance between the person and the difficult experience. When anxiety, pain, or fear is framed in an image, the person can observe, describe, and reflect on it, creating a kind of observational situation rather than a completely immersed experience. This process may help reduce agitation and increase a sense of control, although the extent of its effectiveness depends on individual characteristics and how the intervention is implemented. In a psychosomatic approach, the body is also part of the narrative of the disease, and paying attention to bodily sensations can help increase self-awareness. The person can represent the location of pain, pressure, numbness, fatigue, or tension in different colors and shapes, and then discuss the difference between physical sensation and the accompanying emotion. This process does not mean psychologically knowing the origin of the disease or physical symptoms, but rather emphasizes that the experience of each symptom also makes sense in the person's mind and emotional life. In patients with cancer, this is even more important, as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and other treatments may cause significant changes in the body and affect a person's mental self-image. Art therapy can help reconstruct body image and create a more harmonious relationship with the altered body, providing a space for the patient to talk about physical losses, changes in appearance, and concerns about their identity. On the other hand, the representation of illness can help to reconstruct a person's personal narrative; the illness may divide life into "before" and "after" of diagnosis, and art can make it possible to link these two parts of life to create a more coherent narrative. In clinical work, the therapist can ask the patient to create an image of the body before the illness, the body during the illness, and the body expected in the future, and then examine the differences between these images in a collaborative manner. Such an activity can help identify identity changes, sources of resistance, and adaptive capacities. Art can also be used to represent a person's relationship with pain; the patient can depict pain as a color, shape, movement, or personality, and then discuss the time, intensity, and emotions that accompany it. This may help to increase the distinction between physical sensation and emotional response, thereby making it easier to manage the experience of illness. Research evidence on art therapy in physical illness and cancer has shown a reduction in distress, anxiety, and depression in some studies and an improvement in some aspects of quality of life and psychological adjustment, but the results of the studies are not completely homogeneous and more research is still needed on the exact mechanisms of influence. One of the major challenges in this area is the risk of over-interpretation of images; no color, shape, or symbol alone has a fixed and definitive psychological meaning, and the meaning of the work must be understood based on the patient's own narrative and experience. Art therapy should also not replace a medical diagnosis or specialized treatment of the disease, and any new or exacerbated physical symptoms should be medically examined. Another limitation is differences in the type of artistic media, the way the sessions are conducted, the number of sessions, and the characteristics of patients in different studies, which make it difficult to compare and generalize the findings. The use of structured protocols, careful initial assessment, and collaboration between the art therapist, psychologist, psycho-oncologist and medical team can increase the quality and safety of these interventions. Future research can also provide a more accurate understanding of the relationship between artistic experience and physical experience by simultaneously examining emotion regulation, body image, quality of life, symptom perception, and psychophysiological indicators. In general, psychosomatic art therapy, by placing the body, emotion, and image in a single framework, allows the experience of the disease to go beyond a purely physical state and become a visible, conversationable, and meaningful experience, an approach that can help the patient recognize his relationship with the body, emotion, and identity, and gain a greater sense of cohesion and agency in the path of psychological adjustment to the disease.