Creative Arts Therapy Careers Succeeding as a Creative Professional

Creative Arts Therapy Careers is a collection of essays written by and interviews withregistered drama therapists, dance/movement therapists, music therapists, art therapists, poetry therapists, and expressive arts therapists. The book sheds light on the fascinating yet little-known field of the creative arts therapies – psychotherapy approaches which allow clients to use creativity and artistic expression to explore their lives, solve their problems, make meaning, and heal from their traumas. Featuring stories of educators in each of the six fields and at different stages of their career, it outlines the steps one needs to take in order to find training in one of the creative arts therapies andexplores the healing aspects of the arts, where creative arts therapists work, who they work with, and how they use the arts in therapy. Contributors to this book provide a wealth of practical information, including ways to find opportunities to work with at-risk populations in order to gain experience with the arts as healing tools; choosing the right graduate school for further study; the difference between registration, certification, and licensure; and the differences between a career in a medical, mental health, educational, correctional, or service institution. This book illuminates creative arts therapy career possibilities for undergraduate and graduate students studying acting, directing, playwriting, creative writing, visual arts, theatre design, dance, and music. It is also an excellent resource for instructors offering a course to prepare arts students of all kindsfor the professional world.

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS: Discovering the Creative Arts Therapies TAPESTRY OF TRANSFORMATION Pathways in The Arts Professions by Laura Wood FINDING MY PATH BY FOLLOWING MY TALENTS AND STRENGTHS An Interview with Kareen King DISCOVERING MUSIC THERAPY by Teri K. Holmberg FINDING MY PURPOSE IN LIFE An Interview with Sarah Edwards MOVEMENT INITIATION: Beginning a Career in Dance/Movement Therapy by Mariah Meyer LeFeber MULTICULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES Art Therapists of Color Matter by Denise Boston CHAPTER 2: STICKING IT OUT INTRODUCTION DRAMA THERAPY EDUCATION by Jason Butler EDUCATION IN DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY by Susan Imus SO YOU WANT TO BE A MUSIC THERAPIST by Kenneth Aigen EDUCATION AS AN ART THERAPIST by Gaelynn Wolf-Bordonaro WRITE ON! Poetry Therapy, Journal Therapy and Transformative Language Arts by Kathleen Adams ENTERING A CAREER IN EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY by Danielle Drake CHAPTER 3: FINDING SUCCESS INTRODUCTION LANDING A JOB AS A CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST by Nancy Sondag BUILDING YOUR IDENTITY AS A CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST by Lynn Chapman PERSPECTIVES ON SUPERVISION by Kelli Rae Powell FROM EMBER TO FIRE Igniting your Career by Alexa Palmer LEARNING TO WORK WITH A NEW POPULATION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 by Tim Reagan CHAPTER 4: GETTING AHEAD INTRODUCTION EXPANDING HORIZONS Creative Arts Therapy Consultation in International Contexts by Tally Tripp TEACHING FUTURE THERAPISTS Lessons in Change and Adaptation by Philip Weglarz WHEREVER YOU GO – THERE YOU ARE! by Barbara McKechnie WRITING A BOOK TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS An Interview with Ruthlee Adler WORKING WITH MULTIPLE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES by Paula Patterson MAKE LEMONADE OR GO THIRSTY How I Managed Going Virtual by Jamie McCoppin CHAPTER 5: STARTING AGAIN INTRODUCTION FOCUS ACADEMY Creating Connection Equalizing Education through the Arts by Loretta Gallo-Lopez CREATING YOUR OWN CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY BUSINESS by Azizi Marshall MAGIC AS THERAPY! by Kevin Spencer BECOMING ADVOCATES FOR OUR CLIENTS AND OUR FIELDS A Conversation with Michelle Yadon and Tracena Marie ONCE UPON A DREAM by Mizuho Kanazawa and Barbara McKechnie GOING MENTAL – STOPPING STIGMA ONE STORY AT A TIME by Randy Mulder

Sally Bailey, MFA, MSW, RDT-BCT, is a Professor of Theatre and Director of the Drama Therapy Program at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. She also directs the Barrier-Free Theatre for adults with and without disabilities and worked for 13 years in the Washington, DC area as a registered drama therapist with recovering addicts and with people of all ages with disabilities. A past president of the North American Drama Therapy Association, she is a recipient of their 2006 Gertrud Schattner Award for distinguished contribution to the field of drama therapy in education, publication, practice, and service and their 2018 Teaching Excellence Award.