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Creative activities for group therapy / Nina W. Brown.

Summary:

Leading a group is a delicate balancing act of tasks and dynamic group and individual factors, and the group leader's expertise and skill are fundamental to maintaining this balance. Sometimes there are situations that present challenges that are not easily addressed, defy conventional interventions, or call for a different approach. Brown gives group leaders evidence-based creative and inspirational tools, techniques, intervention strategies, and the like to address these dilemmas and difficult situations.

Record details

ISBN: 9780415527064 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780415633758 (hbk)
ISBN: 0415633753 (hbk)
ISBN: 0415527066 (pbk)
Physical Description: ix, 294 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294).

Formatted Contents Note:

Creative activities in group therapy -- Ethical considerations -- The group leader's preparation -- Group dynamics, group stages, and therapeutic factors -- Cultural and diversity sensitivity -- Procedures and processes for the use of creative activities -- General guidelines for use of creative activities -- Fairy tales -- Member focused drawing activities -- Group focused drawing activities -- Writing activities -- Poetry, cinquains, and haiku -- Single session writing activities -- Journaling -- Imagery -- Mindfulness and music -- Movement : dance and exercise -- Movement : performance activities -- Collage -- Mélange : artist trading cards, flats, scrapbooking -- Applications : member concerns -- Group level challenges -- Group dilemma cases and creative activities.