| Abstract: | Treatment of creative children in therapy is quite challenging because they are often unresponsive to traditional approaches, especially if the therapeutic techniques limit their sense of self-control and divergent thought. A strategy is suggested, based upon the premise that the child's creativity should be employed in the service of his or her own therapy. The meaning of the gift of creativity is discussed throughout the therapy process by the examination of four principal themes. The child's divergent thinking is employed in designing the therapeutic milieu through application of five preferred clinical techniques. The strategy is then exemplified in an extended case study. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
