1st Edition
Creative Arts Therapy Careers Succeeding as a Creative Professional
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.
