Abstract:In today's society where people are under increasing emotional stress, art therapy with its creative characteristics and non-verbal medium helps improve the healee's psychological or physical state. This article aims to discuss the embodied interaction, design practice and value of environmental medium and therapy process in the art therapy space. With the help of CiteSpace visualization software, key literature in the past decade is analyzed to reveal the current state of research on art therapy. The bibliometric method is used to explore the application areas of environmental media and define the characteristics of embodiment, intersubjectivity, and immersion of environmental media in the art therapy space and the connection between them. With the embodied interaction theory as a clue, the embodied practice of environmental media in therapy spaces in the context of design practice is analyzed to further explore the future application and development of environmental media in conjunction with emerging technologies. The environmental media in art therapy spaces can affect the healee's interactive behaviors and cognition to enhance the efficacy and quality of the therapeutic process. Environmental media and embodied interactions can enhance the sharing of experiences between diverse subjects during the therapy process and facilitate the healees' participation in or integration into art therapy. The development of digital technology continues to enrich the form of environmental media and enhance the effectiveness of art therapy.