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Abstract Art therapy has gained popularity in the recent years due to its holistic nature and artistic in its process. It is a type of treatment that promotes better mental health and psychological well-being. It is best known for helping the individuals in the process of emotional and self-expression. This detailed review of literature attempts to extract the concrete basis that supports the impact of art therapy in three major areas: life satisfaction, emotional intelligence and self-esteem. Systematic reviews of existing studies and research indicates that art therapy has shown a positive impact on emotional well-being, increasing self-esteem and overall satisfaction with life. Theories such as positive psychology, models drawn from art-based therapies also reveals the ways of art therapy works while also highlighting the advantage of emotional expression, symbolically communicating without use of just words and self-exploration that overall facilitates better regulation of emotions and developing positive self-concept. However, there are also evidence, limitations and visible gaps that are persistently being there specifically regarding systematic research in a non-clinical population. It is suggested to use a more standardized and controlled research using rigorous methods to further validate and generalize the finding to a larger population in the future studies.