Treatment Planning, Writing, and Documentation in Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies offers strategies for creating customized treatment plans using a variety of creative and expressive arts modalities. It also delves into different methods of case conceptualization, problem identification, goal development, and diagnosis determination. Readers will come away from the book with templates, samples, and ultimately a portfolio of techniques for creative and expressive arts writing and documentation that they can use across different settings and with clients of different ages.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Creating a Framework Using Creative and Expressive Arts 1. Creative Arts Counseling 2. Expressive Arts Therapy: The Birth and Development of a Field 3. Using the Expressive Therapies Continuum in Assessment and Treatment Planning 4. Healing Trauma through Expressive Arts 5. Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy 6. A Multicultural Perspective: Assessment and Treatment Planning for BIPOC Children Part 2: Creative and Expressive Modalities: Writing and Documentation 7. Digital Art Therapy: Efficacy with Behavioral Health Youth-In-Crisis in the Pediatric Emergency Department 8. Strumming Through Bereavement in Music Therapy 9. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy 10. Adventure-Based Therapy 11. Practical and Playful Somatic Applications of Polyvagal Theory for Trauma Treatment 12. Attunement-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy: Relationally Responsive Group Planning 13. Embodied Metaphors: Deepening the Power of Journal and Poetry Therapies with Psychodrama 14. Qoya-Inspired Movement: Movement as Metaphor for Embodied Healing 15. Expressive Writing and Cancer: Reflections on a Decade of Facilitating Journaling Workshops 16. Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Re-Entry 17. Hip Hop Therapy: A Culturally Resonant Approach to Trauma Treatment 18. Empathy to Compassion: A Physiological Basis for Trust 19. Working with Migrants through Rhythmic Attunement 20. When finding the words is just too difficult: Using Creative-Expressive Arts in Counseling with Students in International K-12 Schools 21. Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together: How the Creative-Expressive Arts Affect the Brain in Patients who have Endured Trauma 22. The Sands of Time: Sandtray as Timekeeper for Termination 23. Tending Transitions: A Mixed Media Approach to Navigating Therapeutic Completion Part 3: Creative and Expressive Arts: Beyond the Sessions 24. Embodied Wellbeing as Essential Practice for the Clinician 25. Nurturing Growth: The Role of Supervision in Mental Health Practice
About the Author :
Mary L. Affee, EdD, LCSW, RPT-S, is the founder and clinical director of Horizon Integrated Wellness Group, a private practice in North Carolina.
Taylor E. Auslander, LCSW-A, was a graduate teaching assistant for the School of Social Work at North Carolina State University.
Jill K. Weidknecht, PhD, LCMHCS, NCPSC, RPT-S, EAGALA Certified, is the director of the Professional School Counseling Program and an associate professor at Appalachian State University. She has over 25 years of school counseling and clinical mental health experience.
Review :
"Bravo to the editors, who have compiled a multidisciplinary group of prominent mental health practitioners who skilfully share their expertise in treatment planning and documentation as revealed through rich case studies. A highly recommended book demonstrating the application of high-quality plans for use in a wide range of expressive arts settings."
Janet A. Courtney, PhD, founder of FirstPlay® Therapy
"This book is an essential guide for mental health providers who want to integrate the expressive arts into clinical practice. It offers a thoughtful framework for treatment planning and documentation while demonstrating the transformative potential of arts-based approaches. Through rich case examples and interdisciplinary insights, it expertly equips clinicians to enhance their therapeutic work, expanding possibilities for helping their patients heal and thrive."
Susan Magsamen, founder and executive director International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaethetics, Johns Hopkins University, co-director, NeuroArts Blueprint
