International Society of Caligraphy Therapy

An international society for promoting the science, technology and clinical practice of brush handwriting for the intervention and treatment of aspects of the behavioural, psychosomatic, gerontological, mental health, and cognitive disorders as well as learning and neurological impairements.

Calligraphy Therapy can be defined as the interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of psychosocial, behavioral and biomedical knowledge relevant to the dynamic practice of handwriting for the goal of promotion of health and treatment of illnesses, the application of this knowledge as well as the development of biomedical technologies to prevention, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation The scope of "calligraphy therapy" extends from theory-building and testing to research efforts and empirical validation towards understanding fundamental bio-behavioral mechanisms; to clinical diagnosis and intervention; to disease prevention and health promotion.

The International Society of Calligraphy (ISCT) is intended to serve the needs of all health-related disciplines concerned with the integration of psychosocial, behavioral and biomedical sciences with respect to the graphonomic execution of words, letters and other linguistic forms as well as to the positive effects on specific aspects of one’s psychological, physiological, mental and emotional conditions.