Guest Post By: Jessica Heckwolf, LCMFT, LCPAT, ATR-BC I am so happy to be visiting Creativity in Therapy! Carolyn’s work has been a wonderful resource for me in my own practice as a licensed art therapist and marriage and family therapist. I also appreciate using this space to feel connected and inspired by other helpers. An extra thanks, Carolyn, for the fun prints outs you often provide - I loved using the “make you own game board” with younger clients when I was adjusting to telehealth … [Read more...]
Creative Bibliotherapy: Books and Art Directives for Emotions
I’ve recently been expanding my therapeutic book collection, and thought I would start sharing some of the books and accompanying art prompts that I have been using with child clients. Bibliotherapy is a great way to engage kids in discussing various topics or helping them understand experiences through story. And as an art therapist, I love how easily certain books can inspire further exploration through art and creativity. I’ve also found that bibliotherapy has been a great approach as part of … [Read more...]
Creating Comics in Therapy
What comes to mind when you think of comics? While many people may think of funny comic strips or superheroes, comics are a broad art form that can be used to convey a variety of ideas and emotions. The stories told in a comic might be playful and fun or serious and meaningful, they may be rooted in real events or imagine a fantastical world, they may be brief glimpses told in a few panels or they can fill an entire graphic novel. An important element of comics or visual narratives is that … [Read more...]
Create a Self-Care Collage
What comes to mind when you hear the words self-care? Is self-care something that is an integrated part of your life or something that you recognize the importance of but fail to prioritize? As the stress, loss, and unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic continue, therapists know more than ever that we must focus on self-care – both our own self-care and encouraging it in our clients. This crisis will continue for many months and we cannot simply try to power through or distract ourselves. Many … [Read more...]
In Your Circle of Control
Journaling about what you can control and what you cannot is one of the prompts in my new guided journal The Balanced Mind. And although I did not include a connected art prompt in the journal, the writing prompt lends itself well to creating imagery. I also think the themes of control and acceptance are something that we can all benefit from exploring in this time of chaos and unknowns. In wonderful coincidence, I had already planned to start my own art piece on this theme during my monthly … [Read more...]
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