Art Therapy and Career Counseling Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan

Art Therapy and Career Counseling is a comprehensive career development guide that offers creative approaches for understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical career development strategies. This book expands on traditional approaches by adding a robust art therapy lens to topics such as career development theories, relational approaches, career resource identification, multicultural concerns, and ethical practices. Additionally, research and practice findings of art therapists, counselors, psychologists, educators, and students are utilized as sources for career-centered art-based strategies. Art therapy educators, art therapists, counselors, and psychologists will appreciate creative approaches to teaching and applying career development through the lifespan.

1. Introduction: Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Harnessing Creative Strategies to Promote Career Exploration, Career Satisfaction, and Mental Health 2. Main Theories of Career Counseling and the Integration of Art Therapy Theories and Practices 3. Ethical Issues in Art Therapy and Career Counseling 4. The Role of Assessment in Art Therapy and Career Counseling 5. Relational Development and Processes in Art Therapy and Career Counseling 6. Diversity and Social Justice in Career Counseling and Art Therapy 7. School-Based Career Counseling and Art Therapy 8. Positive Psychology in Career Development and Art Therapy: Emphasizing Strengths 9. Career Decision-Making 10. Using Creativity to Support the Client Job Search Process 11. Exploring and Supporting Clients’ Use of Resources and Information 12. Exploring and Supporting Career Development with People Living with Disabilities 13. Using Creativity to Understand and Support Career Transitions 14. Art Therapy and Career Counseling Program Design and Evaluation 15. Art Therapist/Career Counselor Self-Assessment: Am I Ready for Practice? Appendix: Career Counseling Art-Based Interventions

Barbara Parker-Bell, ATR-BC, is the director of Art Therapy Programs at Florida State University. She is a Fulbright scholar and the former president of the Art Therapy Credentials Board. Deb Osborn, NCC, is a professor and past president of both the National and Florida Career Development Associations, and fellow of NCDA and the American Counseling Association.