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| exploring identity in therapy: Identity and Art Therapy Maxine Borowsky Junge, 2014 This book is an attempt to give art therapy identity the front and center position it deserves. Despite efforts toward clarity, there will nevertheless remain many contradictory notions, often paradoxically existing at the same time. This is the nature of identity and of art therapy's identity. Art therapy is neither a form of artist nor a form of therapist, but rather a whole new field - a separate and special profession with core values and attributes of its own that must lead to a special and separate identity. Chapter 1 is the Introduction to this book. In Chapter 2, Images of Identity, the basic groundwork is laid describing definitions of personal and professional identity and discussion of the concept of intersectionality. Chapter 3, Living in the Real World, discusses some unique problems faced by art therapists as they strive to achieve personal and professional identity and credibility. Chapter 4, Essays on Identity by Art Therapists, contains 22 essays by prominent art therapists who were invited to contribute their ideas. These essays can be considered different readings of what identity is in the art therapy field. Chapter 5, Identity Initiative, Steps Toward a New Definition: An Action Plan, describes a two-year process, including all segments of the art therapy community, to achieve and promulgate a shared public professional identity. Chapter 6 underscores Conclusions to discover some baseline information about identity for students entering graduate art therapy programs. A brief questionnaire was given to three art therapy master's program directors to conduct this survey with their entering students in the fall 2012. An important and essential discussion of the nuances of identity by the art therapy community is a significant intention of the book. Identity and Art Therapy is primarily written for art therapists- both experienced and novice. It is for people who teach now and for those thinking about e |
| exploring identity in therapy: Creative Expression Activities for Teens Bonnie Thomas, 2011-06-15 Coping with life's stresses is difficult for everybody, but can be especially challenging for teenagers, who often feel isolated and misunderstood. Creative expression through art, craft, and writing is a natural and effective way of helping young people to explore and communicate personal identity. This book is bursting with art and journal activities, creative challenges, and miniature projects for bedrooms and other personal spaces, all of which help teenagers to understand and express who they are and what is important to them. These fun ideas can be tailored to suit the individual, and require minimal equipment and even less artistic know-how, so can be enjoyed by all. The book concludes with a useful section for counselors and other professionals who work with young people, which explains how these activities can be incorporated into treatment goals. This imaginative and insightful book is a useful resource for all therapists, social workers, and counselors who wish to encourage self-expression in teenagers. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Cultural Humility Joshua N. Hook, Don Davis, Jesse Owen, Cirleen DeBlaere, 2025-06-19 Cultural Humility offers a practical approach for meaningfully engaging cultural identities in therapy, to promote connection and growth in work with clients from a variety of backgrounds. The authors provide a therapeutic framework that integrates and contextualizes clinical training with the cultural issues and dynamics that arise in therapy. This fully updated second edition incorporates updated theory and research, and provides additional recommendations for how therapists from marginalized groups can navigate issues related to culture in the therapy room. The authors offer new resources to demonstrate how cultural humility and a multicultural orientation (MCO) can help therapists pinpoint and address the systemic and structural issues that can make therapy a difficult experience for many clients. Newly updated and enhanced case examples and activities are included throughout. The MCO framework involves three components--cultural humility, cultural opportunities, and cultural comfort--which together enable mental health providers to integrate culture into the therapeutic process. The first part of the book introduces the MCO framework, and outlines strategies for working to improve one's level of cultural humility and comfort in working with diverse clients, as well as the ability to recognize and engage cultural opportunities in therapy. The second part of the book illustrates the integration of the MCO model with key therapeutic processes, including developing a strong working alliance, navigating value differences, repairing the relationship after cultural ruptures, and working within one's limitations. Supplemental content to support instructor teaching is also available on the book's website, including companion exercises and resources, lecture slides, a sample syllabus, and glossary of key terms. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Retelling the Stories of Our Lives: Everyday Narrative Therapy to Draw Inspiration and Transform Experience David Denborough, 2014-01-06 Powerful ideas from narrative therapy can teach us how to create new life stories and promote change. Our lives and their pathways are not fixed in stone; instead they are shaped by story. The ways in which we understand and share the stories of our lives therefore make all the difference. If we tell stories that emphasize only desolation, then we become weaker. If we tell our stories in ways that make us stronger, we can soothe our losses and ease our sorrows. Learning how to re-envision the stories we tell about ourselves can make an enormous difference in the ways we live our lives. Drawing on wisdoms from the field of narrative therapy, this book is designed to help people rewrite and retell the stories of their lives. The book invites readers to take a new look at their own stories and to find significance in events often neglected, to find sparkling actions that are often discounted, and to find solutions to problems and predicaments in unexpected places. Readers are introduced to key ideas of narrative practice like the externalizing problems - 'the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem' -and the concept of re-membering one's life. Easy-to-understand examples and exercises demonstrate how these ideas have helped many people overcome intense hardship and will help readers make these techniques their own. The book also outlines practical strategies for reclaiming and celebrating one's experience in the face of specific challenges such as trauma, abuse, personal failure, grief, and aging. Filled with relatable examples, useful exercises, and informative illustrations, Retelling the Stories of Our Lives leads readers on a path to reclaim their past and re-envision their future. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Interventions for Adolescent Identity Development Sally L. Archer, 1994-02-14 Do adolescents have a critical period of identity development? How much identity activity is needed in each of the life domains, such as career, family, and ideology for healthy adolescent development? An interdisciplinary team of scholars and practitioners addresses these and related questions to examine what we know about adolescent identity formation and how this information can be effectively used to intervene with adolescents to provide them with better guidance about their life choices. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Gender Identity and Faith Mark A. Yarhouse, Julia A. Sadusky, 2022-05-03 Helping people navigate gender identity questions today is complex and often polarized work. Filled with assessments, therapeutic tools, and case studies, this practical resource from Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky offers mental health professionals a client-centered, open-ended approach that makes room for gender exploration while respecting religious identity. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Ethics in Counseling and Therapy Rick A. Houser, Stephen Thoma, 2012-04-20 Ethics in Counseling and Therapy develops students' ethical competence through an understanding of theory. Houser and Thoma helps the counselor form his or her own ethical identity and reflect on his or her own values and issues by presenting a theoretical framework that draws on theories from disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and moral psychology. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned David Gussak, 2019-06-21 Through the author’s experiences, investigations and discussions with artists, art therapists and inmates from around the world, Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned: Re-Creating Identity comprehensively explores the efficacy, methods, and outcomes of art and art therapy within correctional settings. The text begins with a theoretical and historical overview of art in prisons as a precursor to exploring the benefits of art therapy, followed by a deeper exploration of art therapy as a primary focus for wellness and mental health inside penitentiaries. Relying on several theoretical perspectives, results of empirical research studies, and case vignettes and illustrations gleaned from over 25 years of clinical and programmatic experience, this book argues why art therapy is so beneficial within prisons. This comprehensive guide is essential reading for professionals in the field, as well as students of sociology, criminology, art theory, art therapy, and psychology who wish to explore the benefits of art therapy with inmate populations. |
| exploring identity in therapy: What is Narrative Therapy? Alice Morgan, 2000 This best-selling book is an easy-to-read introduction to the ideas and practices of narrative therapy. It uses accessible language, has a concise structure and includes a wide range of practical examples. What Is Narrative Practice? covers a broad spectrum of narrative practices including externalisation, re-membering, therapeutic letter writing, rituals, leagues, reflecting teams and much more. If you are a therapist, health worker or community worker who is interesting in applying narrative ideas in your own work context, this book was written with you in mind. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Spirituality and Art Therapy Mimi Farrelly-Hansen, 2001-03-15 Reflecting the increasing recognition of the importance of the spiritual in healing, Spirituality and Art Therapy is an exciting exploration of the different ways in which the spiritual forms an essential, life-enhancing component of a well-rounded therapeutic approach. The contributors are leading art therapists who write from diverse perspectives, including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and shamanic. They explain how their own spiritual and creative influences interact, finding expression in the use of art as a healing agent with specific populations, such as bereaved children, emotionally disturbed adolescents, and the homeless. The relationships between spirituality and visual art, art therapy and transpersonal psychology are examined. Story and image are interwoven in the spiritual journeys of therapists and clients, and suggested creative exercises make this an accessible, practical resource for those who desire to understand and execute an holistic method of therapy. Arguing that art therapists can mediate between the sacred and the mundane, this pioneering book is an affirmation of the transformative power of art therapy. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Cultural Issues in Play Therapy Eliana Gil, Athena A. Drewes, 2021-07-23 This unique resource is now in an extensively revised second edition with more than 90% new material and an expanded conceptual framework. Filled with rich case illustrations, the book explores how children's cultural identities--as well as experiences of marginalization--shape the challenges they bring to therapy and the ways they express themselves. Expert practitioners guide therapists to build competence for working across different dimensions of diversity, including race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring chapters from the first edition on play therapy with major cultural groups: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. New to This Edition *Virtually a new book; incorporates a broader definition of culture and an increased social justice focus. *Chapters on working with children of color, LGBT children and adolescents, undocumented families, and Deaf children. *Chapter on dismantling white privilege in the play therapy office. *Chapters on school bullying and on how technology is transforming play, including tips for conducting tele-play therapy. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice Pamela A. Hays, 2008 Part of PsycBOOKS collection. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy Audrey Di Maria, 2019-03-22 Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy: 50 Clinicians From 20 Countries Share Their Stories presents a global collection of first-person accounts detailing the ethical issues that arise during art therapists’ work. Grouped according to themes such as discrimination and inclusion, confidentiality, and scope of practice, chapters by experienced art therapists from 20 different countries explore difficult situations across a variety of practitioner roles, client diagnoses, and cultural contexts. In reflecting upon their own courses of action when faced with these issues, the authors acknowledge missteps as well as successes, allowing readers to learn from their mistakes. Offering a unique presentation centered on diverse vignettes with important lessons and ethical takeaways highlighted throughout, this exciting new volume will be an invaluable resource to all future and current art therapists, as well as to other mental health professionals. |
| exploring identity in therapy: In Search of Self: Exploring Student Identity Development Chad Hanson, 2014-06-17 Students become new and different people through the course of their education. When students earn the right to say, “I am a college graduate,” that new status becomes a part of who they are. The authors in this volume—scholars from a range of fields—offer methods that staff and faculty can use to explore the process through which students develop new personal, civic, and professional identities. The research and ideas in this volume can assist in designing approaches to encourage student growth, and to help us understand what it means to attend and become a graduate of a college or university. This is the 166th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Exploring Learning, Identity and Power Through Life History and Narrative Research Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Penelope Harnett, 2010-02-25 The book brings together a collection of writing by different authors who use a narrative/life history approach to explore the experiences of a wide range of people, reflecting on learning and education at significant moments in their lives. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Sexual Identity and Faith Mark A. Yarhouse, 2019-02-20 Christians who struggle with a conflict between their sexual and religious identities have few therapeutic options available to them. ‘Sexual orientation change efforts’ (SOCE) have rightly fallen out of favor and are no longer practiced by most clinicians. At the same time, the common approach of gay affirmative therapy (GAT) can at times present challenges and may not be a good fit when clients hold to conventional religious beliefs and values. An alternative to these methods is Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT)—an approach that aims to provide individuals with a safe therapeutic space to explore the tension between their sexuality and their faith. Working within the SIT framework, clients are able to resolve their inner conflict to their personal satisfaction and to freely choose a coherent identity that enables them to move forward in life. SIT has several stages, each designed to enable the client to make meaning out of his or her same-sex sexuality. At no point in the process is the client encouraged to choose one sexual identity over another. The ultimate goal of SIT is congruence. Congruence is achieved when a person freely adopts an identity and lives it out in ways that are in keeping with his or her beliefs and values. The SIT model is brought to life throughout the book with the help of case studies drawn from the author’s 20 years of experience. Written for both Christian and non-religious clinicians, Sexual Identity and Faith is an informed, respectful, and nuanced guide to help people navigate the difficult conflict between who they are sexually and what they believe religiously. |
| exploring identity in therapy: You and Your Gender Identity Dara Hoffman-Fox, 2017-09-26 Are you wrestling with questions surrounding your gender that just don’t seem to go away? Do you want answers to questions about your gender identity, but aren’t sure how to get started? In this groundbreaking guide, Dara Hoffman-Fox, LPC—accomplished gender therapist and thought leader whose articles, blogs, and videos have empowered thousands worldwide—helps you navigate your journey of self-discovery in three approachable stages: preparation, reflection, and exploration. In You and Your Gender Identity, you will learn: Why understanding your gender identity is core to embracing your full being How to sustain the highs and lows of your journey with resources, connection, and self-care How to uncover and move through your feelings of fear, loneliness, and doubt Why it’s important to examine your past through the lens of gender exploration How to discover and begin living as your authentic self What options you have after making your discoveries about your gender identity |
| exploring identity in therapy: The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook Anneliese A. Singh, 2018-02-02 How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self. Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness. It’s what gives people the psychological strength to cope with everyday stress, as well as major setbacks. For many people, stressful events may include job loss, financial problems, illness, natural disasters, medical emergencies, divorce, or the death of a loved one. But if you are queer or gender non-conforming, life stresses may also include discrimination in housing and health care, employment barriers, homelessness, family rejection, physical attacks or threats, and general unfair treatment and oppression—all of which lead to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness. So, how can you gain resilience in a society that is so often toxic and unwelcoming? In this important workbook, you’ll discover how to cultivate the key components of resilience: holding a positive view of yourself and your abilities; knowing your worth and cultivating a strong sense of self-esteem; effectively utilizing resources; being assertive and creating a support community; fostering hope and growth within yourself, and finding the strength to help others. Once you know how to tap into your personal resilience, you’ll have an unlimited well you can draw from to navigate everyday challenges. By learning to challenge internalized negative messages and remove obstacles from your life, you can build the resilience you need to embrace your truest self in an imperfect world. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Ethics in Counseling and Therapy: Developing an Ethical Identity Rick A. Houser, Stephen Thoma, 2012-04-20 Helps future counsellors to see professional ethical identity development as an ongoing process that can be continuously improved. Ethics in Counseling and Therapy develops students' ethical competence through an understanding of theory. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Maps of Narrative Practice Michael White, 2024-01-09 Michael White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, which Norton published in 1990. Maps of Narrative Practice provides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that White has developed and taught over the years, so that readers may feel confident when utilizing this approach in their practices. The book covers each of the five main areas of narrative practice-re-authoring conversations, remembering conversations, scaffolding conversations, definitional ceremony, externalizing conversations, and rite of passage maps-to provide readers with an explanation of the practical implications, for therapeutic growth, of these conversations. The book is filled with transcripts and commentary, skills training exercises for the reader, and charts that outline the conversations in diagrammatic form. Readers both well-versed in narrative therapy as well as those new to its concepts, will find this fresh statement of purpose and practice essential to their clinical work. |
| exploring identity in therapy: A Clinician's Guide to Gender Identity and Body Image Heidi Dalzell, Kayti Protos, 2020-01-21 This accessible guide for clinicians and clinical students working in the fields of eating disorders and transgender health psychology offers useful tips, constructive case studies and reflective questions that enable readers to feel better equipped in supporting their clients' needs. The book addresses the clinical challenges a therapist may encounter, and provides advice on the key issues involved in therapeutic work with transgender, non-binary and gender-expansive clients, including trauma, minority stress, coming out, family support, appearance and body changes. This book will inspire clinicians to bridge the disconnect between the clinical criteria for eating disorders and the type of eating disorder manifesting in a client with co-occurring gender dysphoria. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Culture and Identity Anita Jones Thomas, Sara E. Schwarzbaum, 2016-09-08 Culture and Identity by Anita Jones Thomas and Sara E. Schwarzbaum engages students with autobiographical stories that show the intersections of culture as part of identity formation. The easy-to-read stories centered on such themes as race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and disability tell the real-life struggles with identity development, life events, family relationships, and family history. The Third Edition includes an expanded framework model that encompasses racial socialization, oppression, and resilience. New discussions of timely topics include race and gender intersectionality, microaggressions, enculturation, cultural homelessness, risk of journey, spirituality and wellness, and APA guidelines for working with transgendered individuals. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care Marilyn Augustyn, Barry Zuckerman, 2018-09-25 Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This substantially updated edition is clear and concise, packed with precisely written summaries of developmental and behavioral issues for all pediatric clinicians and other healthcare professionals. In a succinct, heavily bulleted style, the authors offer practical guidance on addressing important questions many parents ask about their children’s development and behavior. Ideal for the busy clinician to quickly and efficiently access helpful clinical information on the fly. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Trauma Healing at the Clay Field Cornelia Elbrecht, 2012-09-15 Using clay in therapy taps into the most fundamental of human experiences - touch. This book is a comprehensive step-by-step training manual that covers all aspects of 'Work at the Clay Field', a sensorimotor-based art therapy technique. The book discusses the setting and processes of the approach, provides an overview of the core stages of Gestalt Formation and the Nine Situations model within this context, and demonstrates how this unique focus on the sense of touch and the movement of the hands is particularly effective for trauma healing in adults and children. The intense tactile experience of working with clay allows the therapist to work through early attachment issues, developmental setbacks and traumatic events with the client in a primarily nonverbal way using a body-focused approach. The kinaesthetic motor action of the hands combined with sensory perception can lead to a profound sense of resolution with lasting therapeutic benefits. With photographs and informative case studies throughout, this book will be a valuable resource for art therapists and mental health professionals, and will also be of interest to complementary therapists and bodyworkers. |
| exploring identity in therapy: IDENTITY AND ART THERAPY Maxine Borowsky Junge, 2014-04-01 This book is an attempt to give art therapy identity the front and center position it deserves. Despite efforts toward clarity, there will nevertheless remain many contradictory notions, often paradoxically existing at the same time. This is the nature of identity and of art therapy’s identity. “Art therapy” is neither a form of artist nor a form of therapist, but rather a whole new field – a separate and special profession with core values and attributes of its own that must lead to a special and separate identity. Chapter 1 is the “Introduction” to this book. In Chapter 2, “Images of Identity,” the basic groundwork is laid describing definitions of personal and professional identity and discussion of the concept of “intersectionality.” Chapter 3, “Living in the Real World,” discusses some unique problems faced by art therapists as they strive to achieve personal and professional identity and credibility. Chapter 4, “Essays on Identity by Art Therapists,” contains 22 essays by prominent art therapists who were invited to contribute their ideas. These essays can be considered different “readings” of what identity is in the art therapy field. Chapter 5, “Identity Initiative, Steps Toward a New Definition: An Action Plan,” describes a two-year process, including all segments of the art therapy community, to achieve and promulgate a shared public professional identity. Chapter 6 underscores “Conclusions” to discover some baseline information about identity for students entering graduate art therapy programs. A brief questionnaire was given to three art therapy master’s program directors to conduct this survey with their entering students in the fall 2012. An important and essential discussion of the nuances of identity by the art therapy community is a significant intention of the book. Identity and Art Therapy is primarily written for art therapists–both experienced and novice. It is for people who teach now and for those thinking about entering the field in the future. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Sexual Identity Mark A. Yarhouse, Lori A. Burkett, 2003 Most people who attempt to change their homosexual attractions and behaviors experience only partial success despite their best efforts. Written for Christians whose beliefs and values support their work towards chastity, this book offers a unique look at how they can manage and develop their sexual identity through a number of practical strategies. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives Ravi Malhotra, Morgan Rowe, 2013-10-30 Building on David M. Engel and Frank W. Munger’s work analyzing the narratives of people with physical and learning disabilities, this book examines the life stories of twelve physically disabled Canadian adults through the prism of the social model of disablement. Using a grounded theory approach and with extensive reporting of the thoughts of the participants in their own words, the book uses narratives to explore whether an advocacy identity helps or hinders dealings with systemic barriers for disabled people in education, employment, and transportation. The book underscores how both physical and attitudinal barriers by educators, employers and service providers complicate the lives of disabled people. The book places a particular focus on the importance of political economy and the changes to the labour market for understanding the marginalization and oppression of people with disabilities. By melding socio-legal approaches with insights from feminist, critical race, and queer legal theory, Ravi Malhotra and Morgan Rowe ask if we need to reconsider the social model of disablement, and proposes avenues for inclusive legal reform. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Cultural Issues in Play Therapy Eliana Gil, Athena A. Drewes, 2021-07-14 This unique resource is now in an extensively revised second edition with more than 90% new material and an expanded conceptual framework. Filled with rich case illustrations, the book explores how children's cultural identities--as well as experiences of marginalization--shape the challenges they bring to therapy and the ways they express themselves. Expert practitioners guide therapists to build competence for working across different dimensions of diversity, including race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring chapters from the first edition on play therapy with major cultural groups: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. New to This Edition *Virtually a new book; incorporates a broader definition of culture and an increased social justice focus. *Chapters on working with children of color, LGBT children and adolescents, undocumented families, and Deaf children. *Chapter on dismantling white privilege in the play therapy office. *Chapters on school bullying and on how technology is transforming play, including tips for conducting tele-play therapy. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Art Therapy and Career Counseling Barbara Parker-Bell, Debra Osborn, 2022-12-30 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. |
| exploring identity in therapy: The Gender Affirmative Model Colt Keo-Meier, Diane Ehrensaft, 2018 This book provides mental health professionals with a guide to the Gender Affirmative Model, the leading approach to providing culturally competent care to transgender and gender expansive children and their families. |
| exploring identity in therapy: The Adult Baby Identity Self Help Guide www.abdldiapers.store, The Adult Baby Identity Self Help Guide is a comprehensive and compassionate resource for individuals exploring the adult baby identity. This guide covers various aspects of the adult baby lifestyle, addressing topics such as understanding the adult baby identity, exploring the ABDL community, and embracing one's adult baby self. The book dives into the Little World and age play, discussing ways to create a safe and comforting little space. It also explores age regression play and the therapeutic aspects it can offer. The guide provides practical advice on discovering adult diaper love, choosing the right adult diapers, and overcoming stigma and shame associated with being an adult baby. The book emphasizes the importance of building confidence as an adult baby, connecting with like-minded individuals, and expressing one's authentic self. It delves into the role of caregivers and partners, providing guidance on communicating needs, finding supportive caregivers, and nurturing relationships within the ABDL community. The guide offers lifestyle tips, including incorporating age-appropriate activities, setting boundaries, and creating a comforting little environment. Mental well-being and self-care are addressed, with suggestions on embracing self-care, coping with stress and anxiety, and seeking professional support when needed. The book explores age-play accessories, creative expression through artistic outlets within the adult baby roleplay, and participating in adult baby events and gatherings. Other chapters discuss balancing adult responsibilities with little world play, addressing safety concerns in age play, embracing diversity within the ABDL community, and finding support beyond the community through friends, family, mental health professionals, and online networks. This guide aims to provide support, guidance, and acceptance for those embracing their adult baby identity. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Startup Your Life Anna Akbari, 2016-12-27 A young entrepreneur and sociologist shows readers how to reach personal fulfillment using the same strategies that power Silicon Valley's greatest startups. As an entrepreneur, Anna Akbari learned that one of the best things about startups is their ability to “pivot” quickly—basically a euphemism for failing and starting over. And she quickly found that personal success is no different. It’s not just about developing and following the right process but also having a good idea. And that demands rigor and daily maintenance—far beyond a few positive affirmations. Like any Silicon Valley startup, the business of life is not as glamorous as its Instagram account would make it seem. What do you do when planning is not an option? When control is out of your reach? You isolate the small stuff, experiment constantly, and use the results to lay a more sustainable foundation for the future. You validate your idealized vision by testing it out in bite-sized increments. You see what sticks, integrate, and move forward. And inevitably, you experience a series of failures along the way, but those failures are key to your next success. Living a start up life is about maximizing flexibility and measuring on-going results, not avoiding failure or reaching one particular end goal. It's about embracing defeat, analyzing it, and failing up. In Startup Your Life, Akbari shows that after all, it's often the stumbles that pave the way for real happiness. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations Ingo Winkler, Stefanie Reissner, Rosalía Cascón-Pereira, 2023-07-01 This practical yet cutting-edge Handbook includes both established and innovative methods for studying identity in management, organisations, and cognate fields. Incorporating a breadth of narrative, visual, ethnographic and embodied methods, as well as ways for analysing naturally occurring data, this Handbook offers exciting new interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of identity in and around organisations. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Self-Therapy Jay Earley, 2009 Self-therapy makes the power of a cutting-edge psychotherapy approach accessible to everyone.... It is incredibly effective on a wide variety of life issues, such as self-esteem, procrastination, depression, and relationship issues. -provided by the publisher. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Sexual Identity and Faith Mark A. Yarhouse, 2019-04-15 Christians who struggle with a conflict between their sexual and religious identities have few therapeutic options available to them. ‘Sexual orientation change efforts’ (SOCE) have rightly fallen out of favor and are no longer practiced by most clinicians. At the same time, the common approach of gay affirmative therapy (GAT) can at times present challenges and may not be a good fit when clients hold to conventional religious beliefs and values. An alternative to these methods is Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT)—an approach that aims to provide individuals with a safe therapeutic space to explore the tension between their sexuality and their faith. Working within the SIT framework, clients are able to resolve their inner conflict to their personal satisfaction and to freely choose a coherent identity that enables them to move forward in life. SIT has several stages, each designed to enable the client to make meaning out of his or her same-sex sexuality. At no point in the process is the client encouraged to choose one sexual identity over another. The ultimate goal of SIT is congruence. Congruence is achieved when a person freely adopts an identity and lives it out in ways that are in keeping with his or her beliefs and values. The SIT model is brought to life throughout the book with the help of case studies drawn from the author’s 20 years of experience. Written for both Christian and non-religious clinicians, Sexual Identity and Faith is an informed, respectful, and nuanced guide to help people navigate the difficult conflict between who they are sexually and what they believe religiously. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Analysing Identity Peter Weinreich, Wendy Saunderson, 2005-12-08 People's identities are addressed and brought into being by interaction with others. Identity processes encompass biographical experiences, historical eras and cultural norms in which the self's autonomy varies according to the flux of power relationships with others. Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) draws upon psychological, sociological and social anthropological theory and evidence to formulate a system of concepts that help explain the notion of identity. They can be applied to the practical investigations of identity structure and identity development in a number of clinical, societal and cultural settings. This book includes topics on national and ethnic identification in multicultural contexts and gender identity relating to social context and the urban environment. Clinical applications that describe identity processes associated with psychological distress are also examined. These include anorexia nervosa and vicarious traumatisation of counsellors in the aftermath of atrocity. Analysing Identity is unique in its development of this integrative conceptualisation of self and identity, and its operationalisation in practice. This innovative book will appeal to academics and professionals in developmental, social, cross-cultural, clinical and educational psychology and psychotherapy. It will also be of interest to those involved with sociology, political science, gender studies, ethnic studies and social policy. Of particular note is the availability of new software, Ipseus, which facilitates ISA for use by practitioners. It enables them to enhance their professional skills by ascertaining their clients’ perspectives on self as located in the social world. This has been successfully used with pre-school three to five year-old children, and all other age-ranges through childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Ipseus is designed to be used in inter-cultural contexts and appeals to practitioners for their input for the generation of customized identity instruments (see www.identityexploration.com). |
| exploring identity in therapy: The Self-Esteem Workbook Glenn R. Schiraldi, 2016-11-01 People of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances struggle with low self-esteem. This long-awaited, fully revised second edition of the best-selling The Self-Esteem Workbook includes up-to-date information on brain plasticity, and new chapters on forgiveness, mindfulness, and cultivating lovingkindness and compassion. If your self-esteem is based solely on performance—if you view yourself as someone who’s worthy only when you’re performing well or acknowledged as doing a good job—the way you feel about yourself will always depend on external factors. Your self-esteem affects everything you do, so if you feel unworthy or your confidence is shaped by others, it can be a huge problem. With this second edition of The Self-Esteem Workbook, you’ll learn to see yourself through loving eyes by realizing that you are inherently worthy, and that comparison-based self-criticism is not a true measure of your value. In addition to new chapters on cultivating compassion, forgiveness, and unconditional love for yourself and others—all of which improve self-esteem—you’ll find cutting-edge information on brain plasticity and how sleep, exercise, and nutrition affect your self-esteem. Developing and maintaining healthy self-esteem is key for living a happy life, and with the new research and exercises you’ll find in this updated best-selling workbook, you’ll be ready to start feeling good about yourself and finally be the best that you can be. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Expressive Therapies Cathy A. Malchiodi, 2013-11-27 This book is out of print. See Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy, ISBN 978-1-4625-5052-4. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Exploring the Self Through Photography Claire Craig, 2009 Photography shows us how to look at things from different perspectives, to reflect, to communicate and to express ourselves in a way that goes beyond words. The creative and introspective qualities of this accessible arts medium make it an ideal tool for use in therapeutic contexts. In this book, Claire Craig explores how professionals working with groups can use photography to promote self-exploration and positive change. She explains how the technique works, who it can help, and how to set up and run a group. Each chapter revolves around a key self-development theme, such as communication, reflection, relationship-building and self-esteem, and contains activities which are suitable for all ages and abilities. For each activity, requirements are clearly specified, and both a warm-up and extension activity offered. Along the way, examples of photographs taken by participants in response to particular themes, and the explanations which accompany them, are provided as inspiration. This practical guide can be used in group work across a broad range of contexts, including in schools, colleges, youth groups, community settings, residential care, in-patient and day hospitals. It will be of interest to occupational therapists, arts therapists, social workers, teachers and any other practitioners interested in ways of promoting personal development through creative means. |
| exploring identity in therapy: Media, Gender and Identity David Gauntlett, 2008-03-18 Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities? The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media’s influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, men’s and women’s magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities. The book includes: a comparison of gender representations in the past and today, from James Bond to Ugly Betty an introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault an outline of creative approaches, where identities are explored with video, drawing, or Lego bricks a Companion Website with extra articles, interviews and selected links, at: www.theoryhead.com. |
Gender Dysphoria in Adults - American Counseling Association
and reflecting upon their gender identity and sexuality rather than changing the client (Bockting et al., 2006; Livingstone, 2008). Resource: Person-Centered Therapy Livingstone, T. (2008). The relevance of a person-centered approach to therapy with transgendered or transsexual clients. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 7, 135-144.
A phenomenological study exploring the professional identity ...
occupational therapy (OT) students from Ghana regarding their professional identity development as they progressed through their pre-registration programme. The aims of the study were to: i) capture students‘ experiences as they developed their understandings of …
Turner & Knight (2015) A debate on the professional identity of …
Turner & Knight (2015) A debate on the professional identity of occupational therapists Turner & Alsop (2015) Unique core skills: Exploring occupational therapists’ hidden assets Similarities found during literature searches for these articles *Longstanding confusion over unique identity leading to lack of consistent message
Unmasking identity dissonance: exploring medical students
of identity (e.g., statements of ‘I am’, ‘myself’, ‘my role’, etc.) and examined the masks for visual representations of identity (e.g., visual expressions of personal tension such as masks decorated in different ways on different sides of the face; of medical identity such as a caduceus and of mil-
Literature Review Nature-Based Art Therapy Exploring …
Author Identity Statement: The author lives on land unceded by the Nipmuc Indigenous peoples and identifies as a white, queer, neurodivergent, disabled Veteran who recognizes the privileges ... Nature-Based Art Therapy: Exploring Connections and Relationships Introduction Humanity lives in a garden that is uniquely built to support what humans ...
Exploring Your New Identity Following Divorce - Between …
affecting the way you live your life and see yourself. Your identity as a parent might change, and you might even lose friends. The key is to recognize your identity will change following divorce, and take proactive steps to create a new identity. If you connected your identity to your ex-spouse, you might feel lost when the relationship ends.
Exploring gender identity and community among three groups …
236 HEALTH SOCIOLOGY REVIEW Volume 17, Issue 3, October 2008 Rhonda Factor and Esther Rothblum and identities, and that is the focus of the present paper. Thus, we compare MTFs, FTMs, and ...
Exploring Exploration: Identity Exploration in Real-Time …
Exploring Exploration: Identity Exploration in Real-Time Interactions among Peers Kazumi Sugimura a, Jan-Ole H. Gmelin b, Mandy A. E. van der Gaag b, and E. Saskia Kunnen b a Department of Psychology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; b Developmental University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Sabra Starnes, LICSW,LCSW -C,RPT-S, M.Ed. - Sandtray Therapy
• By using games in play therapy we can teach a child to stop before acting or doing. Practice taking a minute to evaluate the decision before choosing the behavior. • Repetition of interventions in play therapy helps build new synapses. • So positive therapeutic targeted treatment planning combined with repetition is the key in play therapy.
Identity: What We Can See and Not See - ADL
an identity iceberg using themselves as the subject, and identifying 2-3 parts of their identity (either with words, pictures, or both) above and below the waterline. Remind them to place on the identity iceberg the parts of their identity that they feel comfortable sharing, as these will be shared with the class and/or school. When completed, have
Exploring Identity In Therapy (PDF) - netsec.csuci.edu
Exploring Identity In Therapy Exploring identity in therapy: A journey of self-discovery and growth. Understanding how your past experiences shape your present self and developing strategies for a more authentic and fulfilling future is the core of exploring identity in therapy. Through introspection and guided exploration,
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REPORTS: EXPLORING BEST PRACTICE
4.3.1 Theme 1: Generic occupational therapy reporting issues 51 4.3.1.1. Category 1 Ethics 52 4.3.1.2 Category 2 Barriers to report writing 58 4.3.1.3 Facilitators to report writing 66 4.3.2. Theme 2: The occupational therapy identity 71 4.3.2.1 There is a need for evidence-based practice 72 4.3.2.2 Occupational therapy patriotism 74
Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity …
identity. In the bill conversion therapy is defined as “any practice aimed at a person or group of people which demonstrates an assumption that any sexual orientation or gender identity is preferable to another”. ... for example, who is exploring gender dysphoria with a young
Exploring Your Identity After the Death of a Loved One
This worksheet will guide you through the process of exploring your identity after a significant loss. By exploring your personal qualities and engaging in thoughtful self-reflection, you can navigate your grief journey while honoring your unique identity. What to Do . Answer the following questions and reflect on how your identity may have been
The Influence of Art Therapy on Adolescent Identity Development
particular, art therapy plays an important role in adolescent identity development. Adolescence is regarded as a critical period in the formation of an individual's identity and they are faced ...
Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Norms in Primary Schools
01 Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Norms in Primary Schools Acknowledgements Thank you to all of the parents and educators who gave so generously of your time, effort and reflections.
Re-authoring: Some answers to commonly asked questions - The …
Most of the papers that can be downloaded from the Narrative Therapy Library and Bookshop were originally published in the International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. We recommend this peer-reviewed journal to practitioners who wish to stay in touch with the latest ideas and developments in narrative therapy. This journal offers
Identity map exercise - Mental Health @ Home
Identity Map Exercise We all have a variety of different characteristics as well as identities that are associated with the different roles that we play. Identities that are stigmatized, such as being mentally ill, are Othered by society. Society tends to see people who are Othered as only consisting of that single deviant identity.
Art Therapy Approaches for Identity Problems during …
search for identity; the adolescent is exploring possible selves and possible roles in his or her social world (Erikson, 1968). Although this period involves active self-exploration, which is
A THEORETICAL INQUIRY EXPLORING ARCHETYPAL ART THERAPY …
A THEORETICAL INQUIRY EXPLORING ARCHETYPAL ART THERAPY WITH ADOLESCENT CLIENTELE EMILY M. H. MARTIN This research seeks to answer the question: What is archetypal art therapy and how can it be ... therapy”, “adolescen*” AND “identity” OR “identity formation;” “art therapy”, “adolescen*” AND “self-concept.” In a similar ...
Early career English teacher identity project report
identity project report: Exploring teacher identity and agency through the Tree of Life approach TeachingEnglish Maria Grazia Imperiale, Stephen Mander, Damian Ross ... was first used in the context of therapy work, but has since expanded into research methodology. Through a series of three workshops, we explored
Exploring Values - Therapist Aid
Exploring Values Author: Therapist Aid LLC Created Date: 7/9/2018 1:04:31 PM ...
An exploratory international study into occupational therapy …
The development of professional identity is important in occupational therapy with practitioners at high-risk of job-related stress and professional burnout (Edwards & Dirette, 2010). The ...
Restoring Identity for the Homeless: Exploring Occupational Therapy …
25 Apr 2023 · Geistfeld, Christina E., "Restoring Identity for the Homeless: Exploring Occupational Therapy Services for Unhoused Populations" (2023). Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations. 96. ... Exploring Occupational Therapy Services for Unhoused Populations. Christina Geistfeld, BA, OTS Allison Naber, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, CLT-LANA. Accessing the …
Diversity and Dance: Exploring the Therapeutic Implications of …
17 Aug 2016 · Diversity and Dance: Exploring the Therapeutic ... an identity or culture, reduce grief or stress, connect to a spiritual power or ... dance and movement therapy (DMT) is a popular method of using ...
A narrative exploration of sense-making, self, and identity in …
exploring identity in relation to Asperger syndrome and autism. Molly and Vasil focus on elicited life stories to examine how YP make sense of, and situate ... situate themselves in relation to, Asperger syndrome. Gilling (2012) takes an alternative stance drawing on narrative therapy. Her work uses the narrative accounts of a young boy aged 10 ...
Students Exploring Gender Identity - American Psychological …
STUDENTS EXPLORING GENDER IDENTITY This information is designed to help teachers respond to students who may need support. It is not intended to be used as a diagnostic tool or to replace the use of formal assessments employed by mental health professionals. Additionally, it is important to consider the context of the
A narrative inquiry into the use of nature-based therapy material …
therapy, to facilitate narrative identity development. The therapy process preceding the study entailed the use of an Embodiment–Projective–Role (EPR) ideas for narrative play therapy, incorporating nature as metaphorical material in exploring identity. As a descriptive
Identity Circles: Exploring Self and Community - PBworks
Key Words: personal exploration; reflection; identity; interpersonal communication; diversity; team building 8 Themes: First Year - Semester 1 Identity Circles: Exploring Self and Community Theme 1.1 Part 1 of “Exploring Identity and Place” Bonner Community Engagement Curriculum: The 8 …
ADDRESSING Identities - Multicultural Psychology
24 Apr 2019 · identity helps us better understand how they all interact together, like understanding all the different ingredients in a meal in order to understand why it tastes, smells, and looks the way it does. As you work through this self-assessment notice what thoughts, feelings, or behaviors emerge. Does something feel uncomfortable?
Exploring the Role of Music Therapy in Attachment, Identity ...
Exploring the Role of Music Therapy in Attachment, Identity & Creativity: A Case Study James Cuddy Master’s Thesis Music Therapy ... Humanities Laitos – Department Music Department Tekijä – Author James A. Cuddy Työn nimi – Title Exploring the Role of Music Therapy in Attachment, Identity & Creativity: A Case Study Oppiaine – Subject
Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of …
KEYWORDS: dialectical behavior therapy; dissociative identity disorder; dissociation; dissociative behaviors; self-harm Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a chronic post-traumatic condi-tion (Dell, 2009) characterized according to the DSM-5 by “disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states”, with
Exploring the Potential of Constructionist Therapy: Deaf Clients ...
whose identity is based on sharing common values, beliefs, and norms and, perhaps more crucially, a com-mon and distinct language. The language of the Deaf ... Exploring Constructionist Therapy With Deaf Clients 309. In short, constructionist frameworks focus on client strengths and resources (Bertolino & O’Hanlon, 2002;
Gender Identity and Self-Acceptance Books for Children, Parents …
Center for Child and Family Therapy Growing Minds 3204 Tower Oaks Blvd. Suite 180 Rockville, MD (301) 235-9927 www.growingmindstherapy.com Gender Identity and Self-Acceptance Books for Children, Parents and Educators Books for Preschool and Early Elementary School Age: • Neither by Airlie Anderson • Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
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1 . The Value of Craft Art in Exploring Identity, A Critical Review of the Literature. May 21, 2022 Brooke Sicco Expressive Arts Therapy Donna C. Owens, PhD
Exploring professionalism: The professional values of Australian ...
Research Article Exploring professionalism: The professional values of Australian occupational therapists Alejandra Aguilar,1 Ieva Stupans,2 Sheila Scutter3 and Sharron King4 1School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, 2School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, …
Exploring Story: A Drama Therapy Intervention for Adolescent …
Exploring Story: A Drama Therapy Intervention for Adolescent Immigrants with Depression Swelen Andari Sawaya A Research Paper In The Department Of ... identity of the child, which leads the adolescent to renounce dependency and accept the responsibilities of young adulthood; and (c) grief for the childhood parents which the teen ...
Exploring Your Own System - Derek Scott
Exploring Your Own System – Derek P. Scott Derek Scott : www.yourtherapist.org 1 Basic Assumptions: • Multiplicity of the Mind: the mind consists of a number of sub‐personalities or “parts”. You’ll notice this when, for example, a friend asks you to an event and you respond with, “Well a part of me wants to go but a part of me ...
LESS IMPORTANT MOST IMPORTANT - CORE
PERSONAL IDENTITY WHEEL Consider your identity for each of the categories listed. In the inner circle, mark with an X the identities that are most important to you. In the outer circle, mark with an X the identities that are less important to you. MOST IMPORTANT LESS IMPORTANT
An Introduction to Narrative Therapy - George Fox University
An Introduction to Narrative Therapy 447 Power In narrative therapy, “a major therapeutic emphasis is placed on helping people escape the subjugating grasp of the dominant discourses [or standards] of the culture” (Gergen, 1999, p. 173) that may not fit their personal context. This liberation aim is achieved by exposing or
Personal Identity Wheel - University of Michigan
1) Distribute the personal identity wheel handout. a. Give students 5-10 minutes to fill it out. 2) In pairs or small groups, have students share their personal identity wheels. a. Give students 5-10 minutes to share. 3) Distribute the social identity wheel handout. 4) Review “Social Identity Groups” as a class, noting additional examples ...
Exploring Professional Identity Development in Alcohol and …
Professional identity development is an emerging area for alcohol and drug ... Exploring Professional Identity Development in Alcohol and Drug Counselors in the 21st Century Lori Simons+*, Deborah Haas+, John Massella+**, Jared ... reported conducting assessments or family therapy. In fact, half of all par-
Exploring potential for occupational therapy practice models …
Exploring potential for occupational therapy practice models within areas of social deprivation: A qualitative inquiry within a community-centred ... identity, community occupations, community resources/ barriers and processes supporting community participation enablement. In community-centred practice, the community
From lone wolves to members of the pack: Exploring …
Exploring interpersonal identity work within identity. From lone wolves to members of the pack: Exploring interpersonal identity work within identity workspaces ...
AdVANCED CLINICAL PRACTITIONER Professional identity resear
Exploring the Professional Identity of Advanced Clinical Practitioners: Constructivist ethnographic qualitative research study Anouar Amine ( anouar.amine@nhs.net )
The animal symbol within: An exploration of the potential benefits …
exploring animal symbols in art therapy with children. and submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Creative Arts Therapies; Art Therapy Option) complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality.
Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories
Dimensions of Identity in Narratives Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories: The Elusive Self grew out of a project focusing on how issues of identity are presented in different types of narratives, based at Østfold University College, Halden, Norway. It was initiated towards the end of 2015 by the Literature and Narrativity
Exploring Sandplay Therapy: Application to Individuals With …
nondirective context of sandplay may provide the TBI client with a sense of freedom to select at will and remove the burden of having to respond
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REPORTS: EXPLORING BEST PRACTICE
4.3.1 Theme 1: Generic occupational therapy reporting issues 51 4.3.1.1. Category 1 Ethics 52 4.3.1.2 Category 2 Barriers to report writing 58 4.3.1.3 Facilitators to report writing 66 4.3.2. Theme 2: The occupational therapy identity 71 4.3.2.1 There is a need for evidence-based practice 72 4.3.2.2 Occupational therapy patriotism 74
LGBTQQ-Affirmative Counseling
Further, the ACA (1999) opposes the practice of conversion therapy, deeming it unethical and without scientific or empirical merit and warns of its potential harm. In order to provide LGBTQQ-affirmative ... Questioning refers to those who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity. ... identity/expression, among ...
