1. THE CREATIVE COUNSELLOR: INTEGRATING THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS INTO YOUR THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE By Jannah Tudiver, MA, CCC, LPC & Catherine Fawcett, MA, MSW, RSW

2. INTRODUCTIONS & WARM-UP ACTIVITY

3. 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

4. CREATIVE EXPRESSION & MENTAL HEALTH 1800’s to the 1900’s: Arts as adjunct to medicine & psychiatry “Moral therapy” for mental illness

5. 1920’s: Joseph Moreno: psychodrama Florence Goodenough: art assessment for cognitive development Margaret Lowenfield: foundations of play therapy & sandtray therapy

6. 1930’s and 1940’s: Expressive therapies more well known Self-expression as “alternative” to talk therapy Major psychiatric hospitals include arts in treatment

7. 1950’s ONWARDS… (abridged version) Professional associations & standards developed Expressive therapies integrated into medical, mental health, & rehabilitative settings

8. 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

9. 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

10. COMMON THEMES AMONG EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES: Sensory-based Creativity Aesthetic focus Action-based/body-based

11. WHAT IS “EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY”? Arts-based psychotherapy Interdisciplinary Integrates the arts eg. imagery, dance, music, drama, poetry, movement, & visual arts Goal: wellness & healing

12. BACKGROUND OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY: Newest arts-based therapy Began in 1970’s at Lesley College Graduate School

13. 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…”

14. 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

15. GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY: The arts are for everyone Low skill/high sensitivity Depth-oriented “Layering” of modalities

16. 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”

17. 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’

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

24. SIMPLE WAYS TO INTEGRATE THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS INTO YOUR THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE…

25. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Try the activity 1 st 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

26. FURTHER RESOURCES

27. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

28. THANK YOU! Our Contact Information: Jannah Tudiver: jtudiver@mta.ca Catherine Fawcett: cfawcett@mta.ca