ArtBreak: A Creative Group Counseling Program for Children

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This column is designed to underscore relationally based creative interventions used by counselors and psychotherapists in their practices. Our intention is to provide examples of novel, innovative ways of working with clients in their efforts to deepen self-awareness and their connections with others. Although the interventions within this column will be presented in a linear a??how toa?? manner, an essential premise of this column is that interventions submitted for publication have a contextual and relational basis. Basic to this column is the therapeutic focus of working through latent hurts and impediments to our clients' health and happiness. Client goals generally involve creating the requisite emotional space needed for genuine relational choice for connection to manifest. If you have created a useful therapy tool, or if you have adapted an existing creative tool that you would like to share with readers, please follow submission guidelines in the author information packet available at http://www.creativecounselor.org/Journal.html This article describes the pilot of a school-based creative group-counseling program for children called ArtBreak, a choice-based studio art experience based on the restorative possibilities of art making delineated in the expressive therapies continuum (ETC; Kagin & Lusebrink, 197811. Kagin, S. A. and Lusebrink, V. B. 1978. The expressive therapies continuum. Art Psychotherapy, 5: 171-180. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ?]View all references). The ETC features a developmental hierarchy in relation to how art is created and the therapeutic properties of associated media. Learning from the pilot suggests the ETC is a valuable framework for supporting groups of children in kinesthetic, affective, and cognitive ways. The article also includes suggestions regarding logistics, community, and future documentation and research.View full textDownload full textKeywordschildren, art, group counseling, expressive therapies continuum, creative counseling, creativityRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2012.657597