Creativity in Counseling Children and Adolescents: A Guide to Experiential Activities - Paperback

by Teresa Behrend Fletcher (Editor), Amanda C. Dediego (Editor)

Creativity in Counseling Children and Adolescents shows counselors and other mental health professionals how to use a wide variety of creative and experiential activities that emphasize strengths and skills-focused work. The first section addresses the basic tenets of experiential learning, guiding readers through ways to build a creative and interactive environment for counseling. Later chapters lay out methods for choosing activities and finding the right match between diverse interests, skills, abilities, and cultural considerations. Once an activity is identified and implemented, the book shows counselors how to help children make meaning and capitalize on the benefits of the activity through processing and transferring skills.

Author Biography

Teresa Behrend Fletcher, PhD, LCPC, ACS, (she/her) is a professor and program director of the Sport and Human Performance Program at Adler University in Chicago, Illinois.

Amanda C. DeDiego, PhD, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, (she/her) is an associate professor of counseling and a program coordinator at the University of Wyoming.