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 vii1 A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy 12 Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils 133 Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love 314 Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued 515 Stephen Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections 656 Michael Yapko: You Don’t Learn This Stuff in Graduate School 817 Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients 1018 Jeff Zeig: A White, Fluffy Cloud and a Dissociative Moment 1179 Judy Jordan: What about Love? 13310 Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven 14311 Laura Brown: Working in a Box 16312 Bill O’Hanlon: Falling on Your Face 17513 Cloé Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage 18914 Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self 20515 Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor 21716 Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing 23117 Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action 23718 Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen 24519 Some Creative Themes 25720 Clinical Applications 271References 2950

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 vii1 A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy 12 Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils 133 Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love 314 Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued 515 Stephen Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections 656 Michael Yapko: You Don’t Learn This Stuff in Graduate School 817 Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients 1018 Jeff Zeig: A White, Fluffy Cloud and a Dissociative Moment 1179 Judy Jordan: What about Love? 13310 Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven 14311 Laura Brown: Working in a Box 16312 Bill O’Hanlon: Falling on Your Face 17513 Cloé Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage 18914 Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self 20515 Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor 21716 Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing 23117 Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action 23718 Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen 24519 Some Creative Themes 25720 Clinical Applications 271References 2950

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 vii1 A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy 12 Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils 133 Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love 314 Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued 515 Stephen Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections 656 Michael Yapko: You Don’t Learn This Stuff in Graduate School 817 Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients 1018 Jeff Zeig: A White, Fluffy Cloud and a Dissociative Moment 1179 Judy Jordan: What about Love? 13310 Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven 14311 Laura Brown: Working in a Box 16312 Bill O’Hanlon: Falling on Your Face 17513 Cloé Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage 18914 Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self 20515 Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor 21716 Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing 23117 Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action 23718 Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen 24519 Some Creative Themes 25720 Clinical Applications 271References 2950