1st Edition
Creative Arts Therapy Careers Succeeding as a Creative Professional
Creative Arts Therapy Careers is a collection of essays written by and interviews with registered drama therapists, dance/movement therapists, music therapists, art therapists, poetry therapists, and expressive arts therapists.
The book sheds light on the fascinating yet little-known field of the creative arts therapies – psychotherapy approaches which allow clients to use creativity and artistic expression to explore their lives, solve their problems, make meaning, and heal from their traumas. Featuring stories of educators in each of the six fields and at different stages of their career, it outlines the steps one needs to take in order to find training in one of the creative arts therapies and explores the healing aspects of the arts, where creative arts therapists work, who they work with, and how they use the arts in therapy. Contributors to this book provide a wealth of practical information, including ways to find opportunities to work with at-risk populations in order to gain experience with the arts as healing tools; choosing the right graduate school for further study; the difference between registration, certification, and licensure; and the differences between a career in a medical, mental health, educational, correctional, or service institution.
This book illuminates creative arts therapy career possibilities for undergraduate and graduate students studying acting, directing, playwriting, creative writing, visual arts, theatre design, dance, and music. It is also an excellent resource for instructors offering a course to prepare arts students of all kinds for the professional world.
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS: Discovering the Creative Arts
Therapies
TAPESTRY OF TRANSFORMATION
Pathways in The Arts Professions
by Laura Wood
FINDING MY PATH BY FOLLOWING MY TALENTS AND STRENGTHS
An Interview with Kareen King
DISCOVERING MUSIC THERAPY
by Teri K. Holmberg
FINDING MY PURPOSE IN LIFE
An Interview with Sarah Edwards
MOVEMENT INITIATION:
Beginning a Career in Dance/Movement Therapy
by Mariah Meyer LeFeber
MULTICULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES
Art Therapists of Color Matter
by Denise Boston
CHAPTER 2: STICKING IT OUT
INTRODUCTION
DRAMA THERAPY EDUCATION
by Jason Butler
EDUCATION IN DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY
by Susan Imus
SO YOU WANT TO BE A MUSIC THERAPIST
by Kenneth Aigen
EDUCATION AS AN ART THERAPIST
by Gaelynn Wolf-Bordonaro
WRITE ON!
Poetry Therapy, Journal Therapy and Transformative Language Arts
by Kathleen Adams
ENTERING A CAREER IN EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
by Danielle Drake
CHAPTER 3: FINDING SUCCESS
INTRODUCTION
LANDING A JOB AS A CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST
by Nancy Sondag
BUILDING YOUR IDENTITY AS A CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST
by Lynn Chapman
PERSPECTIVES ON SUPERVISION
by Kelli Rae Powell
FROM EMBER TO FIRE
Igniting your Career
by Alexa Palmer
LEARNING TO WORK WITH A NEW POPULATION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
by Tim Reagan
CHAPTER 4: GETTING AHEAD
INTRODUCTION
EXPANDING HORIZONS
Creative Arts Therapy Consultation in International Contexts
by Tally Tripp
TEACHING FUTURE THERAPISTS
Lessons in Change and Adaptation
by Philip Weglarz
WHEREVER YOU GO – THERE YOU ARE!
by Barbara McKechnie
WRITING A BOOK TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS
An Interview with Ruthlee Adler
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES
by Paula Patterson
MAKE LEMONADE OR GO THIRSTY
How I Managed Going Virtual
by Jamie McCoppin
CHAPTER 5: STARTING AGAIN
INTRODUCTION
FOCUS ACADEMY
Creating Connection Equalizing Education through the Arts
by Loretta Gallo-Lopez
CREATING YOUR OWN CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY BUSINESS
by Azizi Marshall
MAGIC AS THERAPY!
by Kevin Spencer
BECOMING ADVOCATES FOR OUR CLIENTS AND OUR FIELDS
A Conversation with Michelle Yadon and Tracena Marie
ONCE UPON A DREAM
by Mizuho Kanazawa and Barbara McKechnie
GOING MENTAL – STOPPING STIGMA ONE STORY AT A TIME
by Randy Mulder
Biography
Sally Bailey, MFA, MSW, RDT-BCT, is a Professor of Theatre and Director of the Drama Therapy Program at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. She also directs the Barrier-Free Theatre for adults with and without disabilities and worked for 13 years in the Washington, DC area as a registered drama therapist with recovering addicts and with people of all ages with disabilities. A past president of the North American Drama Therapy Association, she is a recipient of their 2006 Gertrud Schattner Award for distinguished contribution to the field of drama therapy in education, publication, practice, and service and their 2018 Teaching Excellence Award.
