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Sixth Edition
the Creative Arts in Counseling
Samuel T. Gladding
6101 Stevenson Avenue, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22304
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gladding, Samuel T., author.
Title: The creative arts in counseling / Samuel T. Gladding.
Description: Sixth edition. | Alexandria, VA : American Counseling Association, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2020045544 | ISBN 9781556204067 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Counseling psychology. | Arts—Therapeutic use. Classification: LCC BF636.6 .G625 2021 | DDC 158.3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045544
DEDICATION
To the good people of Decatur, Georgia, who nourished my curiosity and creativity growing up; especially to my former Decatur High School English teachers Ann Lewis and Weldon Jelks, who encouraged me to write; and to Walter McCurdy, Jr., and Reid Crow at the First Baptist Church, who taught me with their stories and music.
also
To Jim Cotton, Robbin Mclnturff, Mariam Cosper, and Laurie Smith at Adult and Child Developmental Specialists in Birmingham, Alabama, from whom I learned the art of good counseling.
Preface
“Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, well-ness, education, and career goals” (D. M. Kaplan et al., 2014, p. 366). Counselors focus on helping clients make developmentally appropriate choices and changes. Effective counselors are aware of the multidimensional nature of the profession and choose from a wide variety of interventions when working with diverse populations. The creative arts are a sometimes overlooked aspect of counseling that can promote the best within the helping arena (Neilsen et al., 2016). By their very nature, the arts foster different ways of experiencing the world. They are enriching, stimulating, and therapeutic in their own right. When used in clinical situations, the creative arts can help counselors and clients gain unique and universal perspectives on problems and possibilities.
In this sixth edition of The Creative Arts in Counseling, I concentrate on how the creative arts can be used independently and complementarily to enhance the counseling process on primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Specifically, the following creative arts are examined:
Music
Dance and movement
Imagery
Visual arts
Literature and writing
Drama and psychodrama
Humor
Play
Animal-assisted therapy
Horticultural, nature, and wilderness therapies
These