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THE CREATIVE COUNSELLOR:
INTEGRATING THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS INTO
YOUR THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
By Jannah Tudiver, MA, CCC, LPC& Catherine Fawcett, MA, MSW, RSW
INTRODUCTIONS
& WARM-UP ACTIVITY
WHY USE THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS IN YOUR PRACTICE?
• New tool for your “toolkit”• Address client issues• Well suited to brief therapy• Stay inspired & avoid burnout• Practice self-care
CREATIVE EXPRESSION & MENTAL HEALTH
1800’s to the 1900’s:
• Arts as adjunct to medicine & psychiatry
• “Moral therapy” for mental illness
1920’s:
• Joseph Moreno: psychodrama• Florence Goodenough: art
assessment for cognitive development
• Margaret Lowenfield: foundations of play therapy & sandtray therapy
1930’s and 1940’s:
• Expressive therapies more well known
• Self-expression as “alternative” to talk therapy
• Major psychiatric hospitals include arts in treatment
1950’s ONWARDS… (abridged version)
• Professional associations & standards developed• Expressive therapies integrated into medical, mental
health, & rehabilitative settings
WHAT ARE THE “EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES”?
“The use of art, music, dance/movement, drama, poetry/creative writing, play, and sandtray within the context of psychotherapy, counseling, rehabilitation, or health care” – Cathy Malchiodi, 2005
TYPES OF EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES:
• Art Therapy• Music Therapy• Drama Therapy• Dance/Movement Therapy• Poetry Therapy• Play Therapy• Sandtray Therapy• **Expressive Arts Therapy
Each discipline has its own association, qualifications, & professional standards
COMMON THEMES AMONG EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES:
• Sensory-based• Creativity• Aesthetic focus• Action-based/body-based
WHAT IS “EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY”?
• Arts-based psychotherapy• Interdisciplinary• Integrates the arts eg. imagery,
dance, music, drama, poetry, movement, & visual arts
• Goal: wellness & healing
BACKGROUND OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY:
• Newest arts-based therapy• Began in 1970’s at Lesley
College Graduate School
ALTERNATE NAMES FOR EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY:
• “Expressive Therapy”• “Integrative Arts Therapy”• “Intermodal Expressive
Therapy”• “Multimodal Expressive
Therapy”
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet…”
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY:
• Reclaims our innate capacity for creative expression
• Creative expression is a healing, ‘growth producing’ process
• Therapeutic transformation possible through expression
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY:
• The arts are for everyone• Low skill/high sensitivity• Depth-oriented• “Layering” of modalities
KEY THEORISTS IN EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY:
Natalie Rogers: “creative connection”; person-centered
Shaun McNiff: “therapy of the imagination”; “art as medicine”
Paulo Knill: arts are “within each other”; “de-centering process”
APPALACHIAN STATE’S PERSPECTIVE:
• Natural world as model for creative process
• Reclaiming ancient integration of arts & life & healing
• Dream-work emphasis• The ‘person of the therapist’
ASSOCIATION & REGISTRATION
• International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA), 1994– Registered Expressive Arts
Therapist (REAT) & Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/ Educator (REACE)
• Additional Resources: – Creative Arts in Counselling
Chapter, CCPA– See Resource List
WHAT POPULATIONS WILL THIS WORK WITH?
The expressive arts are used with a variety of populations & presenting issues including:
• Psychiatric disorders• Developmental disorders• Cognitive disabilities• Issues including: addiction,
trauma, grief, anxiety, & depression
EXPRESSIVE ARTS ARE UTILIZED WITH:
• Clients of all ages• Clients with diverse backgrounds• Individuals & families• Groups• Outreach programs
Expressive Arts Therapy is practiced & taught in many countries eg. Peru, Israel & Switzerland
WHO USES EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES?
Approximately 30,000 practitioners in the U.S. are formally trained in therapeutic use of the arts
Arts-based interventions have been integrated into fields such as medicine, social work, counselling, psychiatry & psychology
CURRENT RESEARCH Recent research topics on the therapeutic use of expressive arts include:
• Creative writing in prevention & psychotherapy
• Music therapy in hospice & palliative care• Creative therapies in treatment for PTSD• Dance therapy for women survivors of
sexual abuse• Increasing counsellor empathy through
theatre exercises• Guided imagery & relaxation for women in
early stage breast cancer• Promoting positive mental health through
art therapy• The use of the arts in grief & loss
A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
SIMPLE WAYS TO INTEGRATE THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS INTO YOUR THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE…
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE:
• Try the activity 1st yourself • Focus on process over product• Respond to art with process
comments; avoid likes & dislikes• Counter negative statements eg “I
can’t do art”• Explore when to participate versus
when to be a witness• Create openings & closings
FURTHER RESOURCES
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
THANK YOU!
Our Contact Information:Jannah Tudiver: [email protected]
Catherine Fawcett: [email protected]
