COUC 792 The Creative and Expressive Arts in Individual and Group Counseling

Numerous studies reveal the impact and efficacy of creative and expressive arts interventions in counseling. Integrating the arts has shown to decrease symptoms across the diagnostic spectrum, decrease experiential avoidance, promote identity awareness, development, and acceptance, and increase biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual wellness with people of diverse cultures, functioning, and abilities. At times and with certain populations, these approaches can be more effective than talk therapy alone.

Method of Instruction: This 8-week course is delivered in a digital synchronous learning format. The student will attend class times using a digital communication platform (WebEx or Teams). In addition to the synchronous class time, the student must complete assignments throughout the term.

Textbook readings and lecture notes

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Outside of class time, the student will maintain a creativity journal with a total of ten entries. The student is expected to become more aware of his/her own unique creativity including imagery, symbols, color, space, etc. Journal entries should include experimenting with creative and expressive arts activities learned in class and through the readings. See the assignment template, instructions, and grading rubric for further details (CLO: A, B, C, D)

This creative and expressive arts assignment is designed to enable the student to demonstrate incorporating a meaningful creative and expressive arts activity in counseling. For this assignment, the student will participate in a Creative Activities Fair during class time and develop a brief paper with reflections on learning across the term. See the assignment template, instructions, and grading rubric for further details. (CLO: A, B, C, D)

The student will take a quiz during each Module based on the reading. Each quiz will contain 10 questions (can be appear as multiple-choice, multiple-answer), allow for 1 attempt, and have no time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D)

Quiz: Dispositions Reflection – CORE (CompMS)

This Dispositions Reflection quiz will ask the student to rate himself/herself on the nine dispositions required for this program by our accrediting bodies. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 multiple-choice and essay questions and have a 1-hour time limit.