Creative Interventions
? Creative Interventions
For the first part of this discussion:
? Provide a brief overview of the two articles you read from the Capella Library on creative techniques in counseling.
? Share an example of how the interventions discussed might benefit a client who is severely and persistently mentally ill. Where could you seek training regarding the interventions discussed?
? Use the Capella Library to complete the following:
? Read Gladding’s 2008 article, “The Impact of Creativity in Counseling,” in Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 3, issue 2, pages 97?104.
? Read Grocke, Bloch, and Castle’s 2008 article, “Is There a Role for Music Therapy in the Care of the Severely Mentally Ill? ” in Australasian Psychiatry, volume 16, issue 6, pages 442?445.
Optional Readings
You may wish to read the following optional articles, which offer some additional insights on this unit’s subject:
? Bowman and Boone’s 1998 article, “Enhancing the Experience of Community: Creativity in Group Work,” in Journal for Specialists in Group Work, volume 23, issue 4, pages 388?410.
? Carson and Becker’s 2004 article, “When Lightning Strikes: Reexamining Creativity in Psychotherapy,” in Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 82, issue 1, pages 111?115.
? Use the Capella Library to complete the following:
? Read Gladding’s 2008 article, “The Impact of Creativity in Counseling,” in Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 3, issue 2, pages 97?104.
? Read Grocke, Bloch, and Castle’s 2008 article, “Is There a Role for Music Therapy in the Care of the Severely Mentally Ill? ” in Australasian Psychiatry, volume 16, issue 6, pages 442?445.
Optional Readings
You may wish to read the following optional articles, which offer some additional insights on this unit’s subject:
? Bowman and Boone’s 1998 article, “Enhancing the Experience of Community: Creativity in Group Work,” in Journal for Specialists in Group Work, volume 23, issue 4, pages 388?410.
? Carson and Becker’s 2004 article, “When Lightning Strikes: Reexamining Creativity in Psychotherapy,” in Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 82, issue 1, pages 111?115.
? Use the Capella Library to complete the following:
? Read Gladding’s 2008 article, “The Impact of Creativity in Counseling,” in Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 3, issue 2, pages 97?104.
? Read Grocke, Bloch, and Castle’s 2008 article, “Is There a Role for Music Therapy in the Care of the Severely Mentally Ill? ” in Australasian Psychiatry, volume 16, issue 6, pages 442?445.
Optional Readings
You may wish to read the following optional articles, which offer some additional insights on this unit’s subject:
? Bowman and Boone’s 1998 article, “Enhancing the Experience of Community: Creativity in Group Work,” in Journal for Specialists in Group Work, volume 23, issue 4, pages 388?410.
? Carson and Becker’s 2004 article, “When Lightning Strikes: Reexamining Creativity in Psychotherapy,” in Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 82, issue 1, pages 111?115.
? The Impact of Creativity in Counseling
? Samuel T. Gladding
? ABSTRACT. Creativity is a crucial component in the advancement of all
? major cultural entities, including effective counseling. It is through creativity
? that major theories of counseling and skills in counseling have been
? developed. Creativity is longitudinal in its impact. If counseling is to
? progress in the future, it is essential that counselors be rewarded for creative
? innovations and that they help themselves become more creative by
? studying the expressive arts, reading widely, traveling, and observing
? human nature from multiple perspectives.
? KEYWORDS. Counseling theories, counseling skills, creativity, enhancing
? creativity, expressive arts
? In 1970, Edwin Starr had a number one Billboard release. It was entitled
? “War.” It was an anti-Vietnam war song and began with the lines:
? War, huh, yeah
? What is it good for?
? Absolutely nothing! (Whitfield & Strong, 1970)
? Samuel T. Gladding is Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling at
? Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
? Address correspondence to: Samuel T. Gladding, Department of Counseling,
? 7406 Reynolda Station, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
? 27109 (E-mail: stg@wfu.edu).
? Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, Vol. 3(2) 2008
? Available online at http://jcmh.haworthpress.com
? ? 2008 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved.
? doi: 10.1080/15401380802226679 97
JOURNAL OF CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH
Although the words were not poetic, the sentiment and passion behind the
recording were strong. The direct nature of the lyrics and the emotional
force from the singer made the song a huge hit.
Interestingly enough, the template on which this music was built is one
that could also be used in promoting the concept of creativity, if the lyrics
were changed to:
Creativity, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely everything!
Whereas this modified version of Edwin Starr’s hit single may be skewed
in the direction of the positive?just the opposite of the original^the
words make a point like the initial forceful lyric. The concept of creativity,
as opposed to war, is judged by its value. It is good for everything just
as war is good for nothing.
Although this conceptual analysis of creativity may be an overstatement,
it contains much truth. After all, creativity, “the ability to produce
work that is both novel (i.e., original or unexpected) and appropriate
(i.e., useful or meets task constraints)” (Sternberg & Lubart, 1995), is
the force behind not only the counseling profession but almost all successful
entities. Creativity is what makes human beings different from
other animals. It is everyday creativity that has allowed human beings to
survive and thrive in the world (Richards, 2007). Everyday creativity
includes figuring out how to solve problems. In the earliest of human
creations?the cultivation of fire and the invention of the wheel?this
type of creativity was essential. It still is, especially in domains such as
counseling.
Examples abound as to how creativity has led to the advancement of
people and cultures. Four great inventions that originated in China and
Europe (the compass, gunpowder, movable type printing, and papermaking)
are sometimes taken for granted. Yet these creations not only
changed the world but accelerated the evolution of human history.
They were new and useful. They allowed people to do things they had
never done before. In short, they solved problems inherent in society
and changed the way people related to each other and to nature. More
recent inventions, including the combustible engine, the telephone,
and electronic media, have been built on this type of problem-solving
? innovation.
In essence, creativity “is a central source of meaning in [people’s]
lives. Most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the
results of creativity” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996, p. 1).
CREATIVITY AND COUNSELING: THEORIES
Creativity has contributed to counseling theories as well as to other
areas of society. In fact, without creativity, there would not be counseling,
and it is likely there would not be other helping professions either.
For starters, take Sigmund Freud (1936) and psychoanalysis. The physician
from Vienna would be a footnote in the annals of history had he not
had the courage to make observations, be innovative (if controversial) in
his interpretations, and stand by his convictions. He noticed that the
“healing” that took place in the lives and the minds of his clientele often
came through what is now described as “talk therapy.”
Freud’s observation of what made people mentally better?emotional
release and insight?led to his focus on a process that enabled the procedure
to take place. Techniques and terms that we now take for granted,
such as catharsis, ego, repression, projection, and the unconscious, came
into his theory and into our everyday common vocabulary over time
(Sharf, 2008). The talents and techniques Freud developed led to his facilitation
of better mental health in his clients, helping them adjust to society
and their circumstances.
Another illustrative case of creativity and counseling is found in the
growth and development of Carl Rogers’ theory (Rogers, 1951).
Rogers
was a relatively unknown therapist in Rochester, New York, until he listened
to the voice within himself and the words of his clients and realized
that, although psychoanalysis might work for some people, it did not
work for him or most of those he was trying to help. Therefore, out of his
experience and his interactions with clients, he developed person-centered
therapy (Sharf, 2008). Thus came the Rogerian Revolution in counseling
and terms such as unconditional positive regard, congruence, empathy,
and genuineness (Gladding, 2009).
It could be argued that Rogers uncovered, rather than discovered, the
processes he developed and the terms he emphasized. However, the
essence of what Rogers did was creative. He realized that when a counselor
listens, reflects, and totally accepts people for who they are, these individuals
are empowered to become themselves more fully. His work,
? especially his emphasis on relationships, is the bedrock on which many
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