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Article: The Creative Client in Cognitive Therapy
- Article from:
- Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Cognitive therapy is sometimes thought to be a set of mechanistic procedures, but in actuality the therapy requires creativity from both therapist and client. Creative clients may be able to think more flexibly and engage themselves more readily in the experimentation, imagery, and role-play techniques typical of cognitive therapy.
Surely cognitive therapy is not the treatment of choice for many creative individuals. The coin of our realm bears the markings of common sense. It lacks the mythic adornments of Jungian therapy, the high drama of some Gestalt interventions, the Freudians' heritage of symbol and dream analysis and its deep ties to the arts. While we may borrow promiscuously from ...