Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health

Philip Neilsen, MA, PhD, ASA is both a senior academic and an internationally acclaimed author and poet. He founded the creative writing program at the Queensland University of Technology where he is currently adjunct professor and also teaches poetics at the University of Queensland.  He has published five books of poetry, including Without an Alibi (Salt: Cambridge, 2008), five novels/novellas, and has been widely anthologised in Australia and the USA. His creative work has been translated, including into German, Chinese and Korean.  As an academic he has contributed scholarly works on literature and on the use of creative writing as mental health therapy. Philip has been president of PEN International for Australia North, has served on the Australia Council for the Arts and is co-editor (with Professor David Morley, University of Warwick, UK) of The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing.Robert King is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at Queensland University of Technology.  He is a fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and a member of the College of Clinical Psychology. Professor King holds a MA (Clinical Psychology) from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Monash University.  Robert′s primary areas of research focus include: the impact and effectiveness of online delivery of counselling and psychotherapy services; the role of creative therapies in mental health; development and evaluation of models of mental health service delivery; and the mental health workforce: training, structure, organization and management.  Robert publishes extensively in Australian and International peer reviewed journals.  He is Associate Editor for the US based journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research and was for many years the Peer Review Editor for Psychotherapy in Australia. Felicity Baker is a Music Therapist, Associate Professor in Music Therapy and currently an Australia Research Council Future Fellow (2010-2015) based at The University of Melbourne. she is currently Associate Editor the Journal of Music Therapy and immediate past President of The Australian Music Therapy Association Inc, the peak body of the discipline in Australia.  Felicity has established herself as an international leader in music therapy and is regularly invited to teach in institutions through Asia, UK/Northern Europe and the USA. Felicity is recognised for her research expertise in therapeutic songwriting and in neurorehabilitation. Her text Song Writing Methods, Techniques and Clinical Applications for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators and Students is a best seller (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) which has sold over 4,000 copies and has been translated into Korean and Italian. Felicity is a member of a Research Consortium involving music therapy researchers from 9 international universities from USA, UK, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Australia with international recognition of being at the forefront of music therapy research. Her innovative research has attracted significant media attention. She has achieved a strong publication record (4 books, 17 book chapters, and 70+ peer reviewed journal articles) and developed a recognized capacity for cross-disciplinary research.

• Chapter I: Introduction - Robert King, Felicity Baker & Philip NeilsenA Theoretical Framework for Creative Arts in RecoveryA Note on the Evidence Base for Creative Arts in RecoveryWhat You Will Find in this BookAbout the AuthorsChapter II: Lived experience: writing and recovery - Robert King, Jon Scott & Jane BoggsA Writing WorkshopClubhouse WritersChapter III: Lived experience: visual art and music in recovery - Robert King, Patricia Strobel, Tom O’Brien & Ann BerminghamPatricia StrobelTom O’BrienAnn BerminghamChapter IV: Visual arts: principles and evidence base - Clare Edwards, Tom O′Brien & Robert KingAbstractBackgroundStudy AimsOverview of Study DesignResultsDiscussionChapter V: Visual arts: multidisciplinary day program in practice for young people with severe mental health problems - Sandra Drabant & Robert KingThe Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Day ProgramJack’s Story and Art Therapy AssessmentDiscussionChapter VI: Visual arts: the place of the art exhibition in mental health recoveryIntroductionThe Art Exhibition – What Are We Talking About?The Realisation of the Art ShowThe Social Nature of the Art Show – Being Part of a Collaborative EventThe Relationship Between Exhibiting Art and Identity Development in Mental Health ContextThe Purpose of the Art Show for the Recovery Community NetworkRecommendations for Staging an Art Show in the Mental Health Recovery ContextChapter VII: Creative writing: literature review and evidence-based research - Philip NeilsenIntroductionCreative Writing – DefinitionTheoretical Frameworks and Explanatory ModelsCommentary on Theoretical FrameworksDiscussionChapter VIII: Creative writing: a practice-based account of designing and facilitating life-writing workshops for a group with severe mental illness - Philip Neilsen & Robert KingIntroductionMaterials and Methods, Participants and SettingInterventionPreparation For and Delivery of the WorkshopsWorkshop DynamicsData CollectionChapter IX: Music therapy and mental health recovery: what is the evidence? - Claire Stephensen & Felicity A BakerWhat is Music Therapy?Music Therapy Methods in RecoveryMusic Therapy Approaches in Research and PracticeCurrent EvidenceChapter X: Music: the Interface of music therapy and psychotherapy with adolescents in a hospital-based, consultation-liaison mental health service: eclecticism in action - Katherine AitchisonMusic Therapy in CYMHSMusic Therapy and the Question of OrientationEvidence for the Efficacy of Music Therapy in Child and Youth Mental HealthEclecticism: An Integrated ApproachTherapeutic Songwriting with AdolescentsFostering Understanding: A Psychodynamic ApproachCase Study: SarahOffering Acceptance: A Humanistic ApproachCase Study: KathyFacilitating Development: A Behavioural/Cognitive-Behavioural ApproachCase Study: JaydenChapter XI: A dance/movement therapy recovery model: engagement in stages of change - Anne Margrethe Melsom & Jill CominsIntroduction: Dance/Movement Therapy in Recovery-Oriented Systems of CareA Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY ModelUse of the Therapist-Self within the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY ModelEmergence of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY ModelStages of Change and Dance/Movement Therapy: An Integrative ConceptualisationIntegrative Conclusions: Stages of Change and the DMT RECOVERY ModelApplications of the Dance/Movement Therapy RECOVERY ModelChapter XII: The evidence base for dance/movement therapy in mental health: moving the body of knowledge - Sherry W. GoodillIntroductionSystematic Review and Meta-AnalysesLevels of Evidence and Example StudiesSummary of Evidence for DMTRecommendationsChapter XIII: Applied theatre for mental health: literature review and evidence-based research - Andrea BaldwinDefinitionsForms of Drama Practice in Relation to Mental HealthTheatrical TheatreDrama as Social ExperienceDrama as Therapy: Psychodrama and Drama TherapyModels of Drama TherapyThe Difference Between Drama as Therapy and Drama as Social ExperienceHow Does Participation in Drama Support Recovery?Evidence of Effectiveness: How Participation in Drama Supports RecoveryChapter XIV: Respect yourself drama education program in practice - Andrea BaldwinIntroductionProgram OutlineClinical RationaleImplementationExample SessionLonger Term EffectsDigital storytelling for the self-advocacy of marginalised identities: theory and practiceIntroductionOverview of Case StudiesNarrative Practice and EmpowermentStorytelling as PraxisNotice OneMy Secret StoryGreg’s Sermon