Treatment Planning, Writing, and Documentation in Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Part 1: Creating a Framework Using Creative and Expressive Arts 
1. Creative Arts Counseling
Suzanne Degges-White
2. Expressive Arts Therapy: The Birth and Development of a Field
Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine
3. Using the Expressive Therapies Continuum in Assessment and Treatment Planning
Victoria Dobbins and Lisa D. Hinz
4. Healing Trauma through Expressive Arts 
Charles Myers 
5. Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy
Sue Ann Herron
6. A Multicultural Perspective: Assessment and Treatment Planning for BIPOC Children
Harleen Hutchinson
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 
Kendra Carlson
8. Strumming Through Bereavement in Music Therapy
Emily E. Sevcik
9. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy 
Jill K. Weidknecht, Elizabeth Allen, and Mary L. Affee
10. Adventure-Based Therapy 
Patrick McMillion
11. Practical and Playful Somatic Applications of Polyvagal Theory for Trauma Treatment 
Jackie Flynn and Dora Henderson 
12. Attunement-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy: Relationally Responsive Group Planning
Katherine S. Biddle
13. Embodied Metaphors: Deepening the Power of Journal and Poetry Therapies with Psychodrama
Nancy Scherlong
14. Qoya-Inspired Movement: Movement as Metaphor for Embodied Healing
Laura B. Farmer and Katherine S. Biddle
15. Expressive Writing and Cancer: Reflections on a Decade of Facilitating Journaling Workshops
Deborah Ross
16. Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Re-Entry 
Michelle Hodges Guarino
17. Hip Hop Therapy: A Culturally Resonant Approach to Trauma Treatment
J.C. Hall
18. Empathy to Compassion: A Physiological Basis for Trust
Michael Allison 
19. Working with Migrants through Rhythmic Attunement
Mitchell Kossak 
20. When finding the words is just too difficult: Using Creative-Expressive Arts in Counseling with Students in International K-12 Schools 
Alessandra Sax and Jill K. Weidknecht
21. Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together: How the Creative-Expressive Arts Affect the Brain in Patients who have Endured Trauma 
Alessandra Sax
22. The Sands of Time: Sandtray as Timekeeper for Termination
Cherie Spehar 
23. Tending Transitions: A Mixed Media Approach to Navigating Therapeutic Completion
Cherie Spehar
Part 3: Creative and Expressive Arts: Beyond the Sessions
24. Embodied Wellbeing as Essential Practice for the Clinician 
Laurie Atkins and Sally Atkins
25. Nurturing Growth: The Role of Supervision in Mental Health Practice
Elizabeth Summers

Biography

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.

"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