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Objectives: The purpose of this research is to assess the effects of cognitive behavioral group art therapy on depression, anxiety and abstinence self-efficacy of female alcoholics. Methods: The participants of this experiment were a total of 20 female alcoholics admitted at A Hospital located in Gyeongido. The participants were divided into the experimental group and the control group both composed of 10 persons. The cognitive behavioral group art therapy was conducted twice a week for 90 minutes per session, for a total of 12 sessions on the experimental group. No art therapy was conducted on the control group. Before and after conducting the group art therapy, Beck Depression Inventory(BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI), and Situational Confidence Questionnaire(SCQ -39) were conducted on the two groups. The statistical significance of the mean difference betweeen pre-test and post-test was determined by t-test using SPSS(PASW Statistics) 18.0. Whether there were significant differences in the ex post factor scores between experimental group and control group was tested by ANCOVA. Results: This result demonstrated that the cognitive behavioral group art therapy was effective in reducing the depression and anxiety of the female alcoholics. In addition, the cognitive behavioral group art therapy was effective in increasing abstinence self-efficacy of the female alcoholics. Conclusions: This research has shown that the cognitive behavioral group art therapy was an effective complementary psychological intervention for relapse prevention and prognosis of alcohol addiction of female alcoholics