Getting on in the creative arts therapies : a hands-on guide to personal and professional development / Erin Partridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partridge, Erin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Therapeutic use.

Arts.

Psychotherapy--Vocational guidance.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

What do you really want from your career, and how are you going to get it? How do you find the right people and make the right connections along the way? What are the secrets of finding fulfilment in your work? This book is intended to help you to answer these questions - and many more. Written to inspire and motivate you as you progress through your career as creative arts therapist, it shares diverse stories and experiences spanning different career paths and decisions. The book also tackles common early career challenges including designing services, advocacy and collaborative working, exploring how adverse circumstances can be used as opportunities for growth. With creative and reflective exercises throughout to help you to identify your goals and achieve them, this book is an indispensable guide for any creative arts therapist who wants to flourish in their career.

Contents:

Intro

Getting on in the creative arts therapies

Cover

Of related interest

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by carolyn brown treadon

Introduction

1. Job crafting and career trajectories

2. Training and academic work

3. Early work experience

4. Enlarging your role

5. Creative arts therapies ambassadors

6. Non-traditional roles

7. Non-traditional settings

8. Professional identity

9. Creative and artistic identity

10. Leaving a trace

Appendix 1: Contributor biographies

Appendix 2: Everyone starts somewhere

Appendix 3: Graphic M=medicine titles for therapists

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78775-264-X