{"product_id":"creativity-in-psychotherapy-9780789015785","title":"Creativity in Psychotherapy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamine the dynamic role of creativity in therapy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families examines the nature, role, and importance of creative thinking in counseling and therapy. Authors David K. Carson and Kent W. Becker combine extensive backgrounds in marriage and family therapy and counseling to give you a unique resource that fills a crucial gap in the therapy literature. The book explores various aspects of creative thinking, personal characteristics of highly creative therapists, creative techniques and interventions, barriers to creative work, and creativity development. Not designed as a “cookbook” for conducting therapy, Creativity in Psychotherapy features practical techniques and interventions for conducting therapy with children, adults, couples, and families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families is a much-needed response to the need for a pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Psychotherapy with Individuals, Couples, and Families As a Creative Enterprise \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Old Wine in New Wineskins: What Is Creativity in the Context of Therapy? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Strengths and Limitations of Creativity in the Therapeutic Process \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Getting the Most from the Incubation and Breaking Out of the Box Exercises \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section I: The Importance of Creativity in Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy: Health, Dysfunction, and Resiliency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Essential Components of Creativity in Individual, Couple, and Family Treatment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #1: Setting the Tone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity As an Ecological, Contextual, and Systemic Concept \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eminent and Everyday Creativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity in Some Prominent Theories of Counseling \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Problem Finding and Problem Solving \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Importance of Divergent Thinking in Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Creative Process in Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The creative Use of Play and Humor in Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: Creating My Box \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. An Overview of the Role of Creativity in Individual Mental Health, Psychopathology, and Family Dysfunction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #2: Changing Lenses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Importance of Creativity to Mental Health \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity, Mental Health, and Psychopathology in Adults: An Overview \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: Creating My Metaphor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Creativity and Resiliency in Children, Adults, Marriages, and Families \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #3: A Fresh Perspective \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity and Resiliency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity in Marriage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creativity in Families \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Other Ways of Facilitating Creativity and Creative Thinking in Children and Adults \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: Creating Spice \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section II: Therapists’ Perceptions of Creativity in Their Work with Couples and Families \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The Meaning, Importance, and Role of Creativity in Couples and Family Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #4: Creativity is . . . \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Multifaceted Nature of Creativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Summary of Qualitative Findings Regarding the Importance of Creativity in Therapy According to Study Participants \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: From the Eyes of Babes (and Beyond) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Characteristics of the Creative Family Therapist \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #5: My Creativity Time Line \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Qualities\/Characteristics of Creative Family Therapists \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Enhancing Creativity in Individuals, Couples, and Families As Part of the Therapeutic Process \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: Finding My Flow \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Creative Interventions in Couples and Family Therapy: Therapists’ Descriptions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #6: Creating Options \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Therapists’ Descriptions of creative Interventions in Couple and Family Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Closing Rituals and Terminations in Couple and Family Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Contraindications in Using Experiential and Play-Oriented Approaches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: A Session of Possibilities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. Barriers and Constraints to Creativity in Family Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #7: Barriers and Beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Social-Psychological Inhibitors of Creativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Institutional\/Organizational Rules, Policies, and Turfism As Inhibitors of Creativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Responses from Study Participants Regarding Barriers to Creativity in Therapy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box: Designing a Creative Ritual \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section III: Creative Interventions in Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy and Supervision \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. Creative Interventions in Ten Contemporary Schools of Thought, Part 1: Psychodynamic, Intergenerational, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Emotion Focused \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creative Incubation Exercise #8: Herding Cats \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Psychodynamic Approaches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Intergenerational Approaches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Emotion-Focused Interventions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Out of the Box Creating Shifts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. 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