Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy (eBook)

Jeffrey A. Kottler is author of On Being a Therapist and The Mummy at the Dining Room Table, among many other books. He is Professor and Chair of the Counseling Department at California State University, Fullerton. He also established the Madhav Ghimire Foundation, which raises funds from individuals and organizations in order to provide educational opportunities for the most neglected children of Nepal. Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University and a psychologist with the Wellness Clinic in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. In addition to serving as the long-time Editor of the Family Journal, Jon is the author of forty books including The Intimate Couple and Inclusive Cultural Empathy.

Preface vii

1 A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy 1

2 Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils 13

3 Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love 31

4 Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued 51

5 Stephen Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections 65

6 Michael Yapko: You Don't Learn This Stuff in Graduate School 81

7 Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients 101

8 Jeff Zeig: A White, Fluffy Cloud and a Dissociative Moment 117

9 Judy Jordan: What about Love? 133

10 Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven 143

11 Laura Brown: Working in a Box 163

12 Bill O'Hanlon: Falling on Your Face 175

13 Cloé Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage 189

14 Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self 205

15 Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor 217

16 Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing 231

17 Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action 237

18 Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen 245

19 Some Creative Themes 257

20 Clinical Applications 271

References 2950