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

by Barbara Parker-Bell (Author), Debra Osborn (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.