Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health

Philip M. Neilsen - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Robert J. King - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Felicity A. Baker - University of Melbourne, Australia
Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health
July 2015 | 224 pages | Sage US
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Description

Drawing on new paradigms and evidence-based discoveries in neuroscience, narrative psychology, and creativity theory, this text explores the beneficial role of expressive arts within a recovery perspective. A framework of practice principles for the visual arts, creative writing, music, drama, dance, and digital storytelling is addressed across a number of settings and populations, providing readers with an accessible overview of techniques taught in counseling programs in the U.S. and abroad.

Contents

Chapter I: Introduction

  • A Theoretical Framework for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • A Note on the Evidence Base for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • What You Will Find in this Book
  • About the Authors

Chapter II: Lived experience: writing and recovery

  • A Writing Workshop
  • Clubhouse Writers

Chapter III: Lived experience: visual art and music in recovery

  • Patricia Strobel
  • Tom O’Brien
  • Ann Bermingham

Chapter IV: Visual arts: principles and evidence base

  • Abstract
  • Background
  • Study Aims
  • Overview of Study Design
  • Results
  • Discussion

Chapter V: Visual arts: multidisciplinary day program in practice for young people with severe mental health problems

  • The Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Day Program
  • Jack’s Story and Art Therapy Assessment
  • Discussion

Chapter VI: Visual arts: the place of the art exhibition in mental health recovery

  • Introduction
  • The Art Exhibition – What Are We Talking About?
  • The Realisation of the Art Show
  • The Social Nature of the Art Show – Being Part of a Collaborative Event
  • The Relationship Between Exhibiting Art and Identity Development in Mental Health Context
  • The Purpose of the Art Show for the Recovery Community Network
  • Recommendations for Staging an Art Show in the Mental Health Recovery Context

Chapter VII: Creative writing: literature review and evidence-based research

  • Introduction
  • Creative Writing – Definition
  • Theoretical Frameworks and Explanatory Models
  • Commentary on Theoretical Frameworks
  • Discussion

Chapter VIII: Creative writing: a practice-based account of designing and facilitating life-writing workshops for a group with severe mental illness

  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods, Participants and Setting
  • Intervention
  • Preparation For and Delivery of the Workshops
  • Workshop Dynamics
  • Data Collection

Chapter IX: Music therapy and mental health recovery: what is the evidence?

  • What is Music Therapy?
  • Music Therapy Methods in Recovery
  • Music Therapy Approaches in Research and Practice
  • Current Evidence

Chapter X: Music: the Interface of music therapy and psychotherapy with adolescents in a hospital-based, consultation-liaison mental health service: eclecticism in action

  • Music Therapy in CYMHS
  • Music Therapy and the Question of Orientation
  • Evidence for the Efficacy of Music Therapy in Child and Youth Mental Health
  • Eclecticism: An Integrated Approach
  • Therapeutic Songwriting with Adolescents
  • Fostering Understanding: A Psychodynamic Approach
  • Case Study: Sarah
  • Offering Acceptance: A Humanistic Approach
  • Case Study: Kathy
  • Facilitating Development: A Behavioural/Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
  • Case Study: Jayden

Chapter XI: A dance/movement therapy recovery model: engagement in stages of change

  • Introduction: Dance/Movement Therapy in Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
  • A Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Use of the Therapist-Self within the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Emergence of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Stages of Change and Dance/Movement Therapy: An Integrative Conceptualisation
  • Integrative Conclusions: Stages of Change and the DMT RECOVERY Model
  • Applications of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model

Chapter XII: The evidence base for dance/movement therapy in mental health: moving the body of knowledge

  • Introduction
  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
  • Levels of Evidence and Example Studies
  • Summary of Evidence for DMT
  • Recommendations

Chapter XIII: Applied theatre for mental health: literature review and evidence-based research

  • Definitions
  • Forms of Drama Practice in Relation to Mental Health
  • Theatrical Theatre
  • Drama as Social Experience
  • Drama as Therapy: Psychodrama and Drama Therapy
  • Models of Drama Therapy
  • The Difference Between Drama as Therapy and Drama as Social Experience
  • How Does Participation in Drama Support Recovery?
  • Evidence of Effectiveness: How Participation in Drama Supports Recovery

Chapter XIV: Respect yourself drama education program in practice

  • Introduction
  • Program Outline
  • Clinical Rationale
  • Implementation
  • Example Session
  • Longer Term Effects

Digital storytelling for the self-advocacy of marginalised identities: theory and practice

  • Introduction
  • Overview of Case Studies
  • Narrative Practice and Empowerment
  • Storytelling as Praxis
  • Notice One
  • My Secret Story
  • Greg’s Sermon

Additional materials

Description

Drawing on new paradigms and evidence-based discoveries in neuroscience, narrative psychology, and creativity theory, this text explores the beneficial role of expressive arts within a recovery perspective. A framework of practice principles for the visual arts, creative writing, music, drama, dance, and digital storytelling is addressed across a number of settings and populations, providing readers with an accessible overview of techniques taught in counseling programs in the U.S. and abroad.

Contents

Chapter I: Introduction

  • A Theoretical Framework for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • A Note on the Evidence Base for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • What You Will Find in this Book
  • About the Authors

Chapter II: Lived experience: writing and recovery

  • A Writing Workshop
  • Clubhouse Writers

Chapter III: Lived experience: visual art and music in recovery

  • Patricia Strobel
  • Tom O’Brien
  • Ann Bermingham

Chapter IV: Visual arts: principles and evidence base

  • Abstract
  • Background
  • Study Aims
  • Overview of Study Design
  • Results
  • Discussion

Chapter V: Visual arts: multidisciplinary day program in practice for young people with severe mental health problems

  • The Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Day Program
  • Jack’s Story and Art Therapy Assessment
  • Discussion

Chapter VI: Visual arts: the place of the art exhibition in mental health recovery

  • Introduction
  • The Art Exhibition – What Are We Talking About?
  • The Realisation of the Art Show
  • The Social Nature of the Art Show – Being Part of a Collaborative Event
  • The Relationship Between Exhibiting Art and Identity Development in Mental Health Context
  • The Purpose of the Art Show for the Recovery Community Network
  • Recommendations for Staging an Art Show in the Mental Health Recovery Context

Chapter VII: Creative writing: literature review and evidence-based research

  • Introduction
  • Creative Writing – Definition
  • Theoretical Frameworks and Explanatory Models
  • Commentary on Theoretical Frameworks
  • Discussion

Chapter VIII: Creative writing: a practice-based account of designing and facilitating life-writing workshops for a group with severe mental illness

  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods, Participants and Setting
  • Intervention
  • Preparation For and Delivery of the Workshops
  • Workshop Dynamics
  • Data Collection

Chapter IX: Music therapy and mental health recovery: what is the evidence?

  • What is Music Therapy?
  • Music Therapy Methods in Recovery
  • Music Therapy Approaches in Research and Practice
  • Current Evidence

Chapter X: Music: the Interface of music therapy and psychotherapy with adolescents in a hospital-based, consultation-liaison mental health service: eclecticism in action

  • Music Therapy in CYMHS
  • Music Therapy and the Question of Orientation
  • Evidence for the Efficacy of Music Therapy in Child and Youth Mental Health
  • Eclecticism: An Integrated Approach
  • Therapeutic Songwriting with Adolescents
  • Fostering Understanding: A Psychodynamic Approach
  • Case Study: Sarah
  • Offering Acceptance: A Humanistic Approach
  • Case Study: Kathy
  • Facilitating Development: A Behavioural/Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
  • Case Study: Jayden

Chapter XI: A dance/movement therapy recovery model: engagement in stages of change

  • Introduction: Dance/Movement Therapy in Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
  • A Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Use of the Therapist-Self within the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Emergence of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Stages of Change and Dance/Movement Therapy: An Integrative Conceptualisation
  • Integrative Conclusions: Stages of Change and the DMT RECOVERY Model
  • Applications of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model

Chapter XII: The evidence base for dance/movement therapy in mental health: moving the body of knowledge

  • Introduction
  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
  • Levels of Evidence and Example Studies
  • Summary of Evidence for DMT
  • Recommendations

Chapter XIII: Applied theatre for mental health: literature review and evidence-based research

  • Definitions
  • Forms of Drama Practice in Relation to Mental Health
  • Theatrical Theatre
  • Drama as Social Experience
  • Drama as Therapy: Psychodrama and Drama Therapy
  • Models of Drama Therapy
  • The Difference Between Drama as Therapy and Drama as Social Experience
  • How Does Participation in Drama Support Recovery?
  • Evidence of Effectiveness: How Participation in Drama Supports Recovery

Chapter XIV: Respect yourself drama education program in practice

  • Introduction
  • Program Outline
  • Clinical Rationale
  • Implementation
  • Example Session
  • Longer Term Effects

Digital storytelling for the self-advocacy of marginalised identities: theory and practice

  • Introduction
  • Overview of Case Studies
  • Narrative Practice and Empowerment
  • Storytelling as Praxis
  • Notice One
  • My Secret Story
  • Greg’s Sermon

Additional materials

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Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health


July 2015 | 224 pages | Sage US

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Drawing on new paradigms and evidence-based discoveries in neuroscience, narrative psychology, and creativity theory, this text explores the beneficial role of expressive arts within a recovery perspective. A framework of practice principles for the visual arts, creative writing, music, drama, dance, and digital storytelling is addressed across a number of settings and populations, providing readers with an accessible overview of techniques taught in counseling programs in the U.S. and abroad.


Table Of Contents:

  • Creative Debriefing and Art Therapy Supervision
  • Chapter I: Introduction
  • Music Therapy and Mental Health Recovery: What is the Evidence?
  • A Theoretical Framework for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • Dance/Movement Therapy and the Recovery Model - The Emergence of a Dance/Movement Therapy Model fostering Engagement, Hope and Recovery in the Process of Change
  • A Note on the Evidence Base for Creative Arts in Recovery
  • Dance/Movement Therapy Research: The body (of knowledge) in motion
  • What You Will Find in this Book
  • Creative Writing and Recovery: Theory and Evidence
  • About the Authors
  • Creative Writing and Recovery: Practice through Workshop
  • Chapter II: Lived experience: writing and recovery
  • Lived experience: Writing and recovery
  • A Writing Workshop
  • Lived experience: Art andmusic in recovery
  • Clubhouse Writers
  • Introduction
  • Drama Therapy in Mental Health Recovery: Enacting Self and World
  • Chapter III: Lived experience: visual art and music in recovery
  • Respect Yourself Drama Education Program
  • Patricia Strobel
  • The place of the art exhibition in mental health recovery
  • Tom O’Brien
  • Art Therapy in a Multidisciplinary Day Program for Young People with Sever Mental Health Problems
  • Ann Bermingham
  • Digital Storytelling as recovery from social marginalization
  • Visual Arts: Principles and Edicence Base
  • Chapter IV: Visual arts: principles and evidence base
  • The interface of music therapy and psychotherapy in a paediatric mental health service.
  • Abstract
  • Background
  • Study Aims
  • Overview of Study Design
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Chapter V: Visual arts: multidisciplinary day program in practice for young people with severe mental health problems
  • The Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Day Program
  • Jack’s Story and Art Therapy Assessment
  • Discussion
  • Chapter VI: Visual arts: the place of the art exhibition in mental health recovery
  • Introduction
  • The Art Exhibition – What Are We Talking About?
  • The Realisation of the Art Show
  • The Social Nature of the Art Show – Being Part of a Collaborative Event
  • The Relationship Between Exhibiting Art and Identity Development in Mental Health Context
  • The Purpose of the Art Show for the Recovery Community Network
  • Recommendations for Staging an Art Show in the Mental Health Recovery Context
  • Chapter VII: Creative writing: literature review and evidence-based research
  • Introduction
  • Creative Writing – Definition
  • Theoretical Frameworks and Explanatory Models
  • Commentary on Theoretical Frameworks
  • Discussion
  • Chapter VIII: Creative writing: a practice-based account of designing and facilitating life-writing workshops for a group with severe mental illness
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods, Participants and Setting
  • Intervention
  • Preparation For and Delivery of the Workshops
  • Workshop Dynamics
  • Data Collection
  • Chapter IX: Music therapy and mental health recovery: what is the evidence?
  • What is Music Therapy?
  • Music Therapy Methods in Recovery
  • Music Therapy Approaches in Research and Practice
  • Current Evidence
  • Chapter X: Music: the Interface of music therapy and psychotherapy with adolescents in a hospital-based, consultation-liaison mental health service: eclecticism in action
  • Music Therapy in CYMHS
  • Music Therapy and the Question of Orientation
  • Evidence for the Efficacy of Music Therapy in Child and Youth Mental Health
  • Eclecticism: An Integrated Approach
  • Therapeutic Songwriting with Adolescents
  • Fostering Understanding: A Psychodynamic Approach
  • Case Study: Sarah
  • Offering Acceptance: A Humanistic Approach
  • Case Study: Kathy
  • Facilitating Development: A Behavioural/Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
  • Case Study: Jayden
  • Chapter XI: A dance/movement therapy recovery model: engagement in stages of change
  • Introduction: Dance/Movement Therapy in Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
  • A Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Use of the Therapist-Self within the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Emergence of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Stages of Change and Dance/Movement Therapy: An Integrative Conceptualisation
  • Integrative Conclusions: Stages of Change and the DMT RECOVERY Model
  • Applications of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY Model
  • Chapter XII: The evidence base for dance/movement therapy in mental health: moving the body of knowledge
  • Introduction
  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
  • Levels of Evidence and Example Studies
  • Summary of Evidence for DMT
  • Recommendations
  • Chapter XIII: Applied theatre for mental health: literature review and evidence-based research
  • Definitions
  • Forms of Drama Practice in Relation to Mental Health
  • Theatrical Theatre
  • Drama as Social Experience
  • Drama as Therapy: Psychodrama and Drama Therapy
  • Models of Drama Therapy
  • The Difference Between Drama as Therapy and Drama as Social Experience
  • How Does Participation in Drama Support Recovery?
  • Evidence of Effectiveness: How Participation in Drama Supports Recovery
  • Chapter XIV: Respect yourself drama education program in practice
  • Introduction
  • Program Outline
  • Clinical Rationale
  • Implementation
  • Example Session
  • Longer Term Effects
  • Digital storytelling for the self-advocacy of marginalised identities: theory and practice
  • Introduction
  • Overview of Case Studies
  • Narrative Practice and Empowerment
  • Storytelling as Praxis
  • Notice One
  • My Secret Story
  • Greg’s Sermon

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