Preferred Name
Brian Caperton
Creative Commons License
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Department
Department of Graduate Psychology
Advisor(s)
Debbie C. Sturm
Lennis G. Echterling
David Ford
Abstract
Research suggests widespread decline of creative ability in elementary-aged children, particularly kindergarten through 3rd grade (Kim, 2012). The increase of mental health disorders in children, the exponential rise of technology use, and the surge of psychotropic medication use indicate the need for nuanced, divergent clinical interventions. Creative counseling fills this demand by offering children opportunities to engage in open-ended, reflective abstraction and other therapeutic processes. The author opens with an overview of creativity and psychology, conceptualizes the target population, and discusses theories, models, and interventions of creative counseling with elementary-aged children. The paper will provide clinicians with an understanding of creative counseling interventions – both in modality and application – in hopes to mitigate the creative crisis affecting children around the nation.
Recommended Citation
Caperton, Brian C., "Creative counseling techniques for elementary-aged children" (2016). Educational Specialist, 2009-2019. 109.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/edspec201019/109
