An Exploration of the Intersection Between Creativity and Psychotherapy

Creativity in Higher Education: The Effect of Personality on Students’ Creative Thinking Skills

“…Finally, creativity is researched as a creative personality. The previous study studied creativity as a personality characteristic that characterizes creative people (Gutterman & Aafjes Van-Doorn, 2022;Tang, 2019). This article elaborates on previous research by examining creativity as a personality characteristic and thinking process in students' higher education.…”

Creating the Conditions for Reflethical Practice: Exploring the potential for creativity and arts-based approaches to support the development and evolution of ethical awareness in coaching practice

“…Practitioners seeking to work and experiment in this space in an evidence-based way are highly reliant on a small number of papers (e.g., Palus, 2006;Wasylyshyn, 2020) and books (e.g., Gash, 2016;Sheather, 2019) which largely focus on the development and application of creative tools, and on the potential for the development of coaching practice that utilises creative methods. Historically, explorations of creativity in dialogic work have been situated in therapeutic contexts (e.g., Jones, 2020;Gutterman and Aafjes Van-Doorn, 2022). Art therapy, a psychotherapeutic practice using artistic materials to support clients' personal growth in a safe environment (British Association of Art Therapists, n.d), and creative arts-based interventions (Morison, 2022), an emergent but distinct practice within the therapeutic space that incorporates specific types of art therapy (e.g., music therapy; drama therapy) alongside other creative interventions (e.g., dance; movement), can offer us some insights, but the role of the therapeutic practitioner, the general length of their client relationships, and the purpose of their work are fundamentally different to that of the coach (Passmore and Lai, 2019).…”