Creative Therapeutic Interventions From a Practical Perspective
Abstract
<p>Monit Cheung offers a unique framework for mental health practitioners integrating creativity with therapeutic games and relaxation techniques for children and adolescents. Her background as a licensed clinical social worker and as a faculty member at the University of Houston adds a practical approach to her book, Therapeutic Games and Guided Imagery: Tools for Mental Health and School Professionals Working With Children, Adolescents, and Their Families . From her initial undergraduate experiences as a scholar in Hong Kong, she has blossomed and published over 250 articles in English and Chinese. Her passion and dedication to the mental health profession has proven to be beneficial for children and adolescent survivors of sexual abuse.</p><p> Therapeutic Games and Guided Imagery is divided into two parts. Part A is Therapeutic Games and Activities, and Part B is Guided Imagery. Ten theories (psychoanalytic, humanistic and person centered, existential, Gestalt, communication, behavioral and cognitive behavioral, choice, structural, strategic, and solution focused) are addressed in regard to assumptions, goals of interventions, and roles of interventions. However, objectives are not addressed. Without objectives, goals are not attainable. Through integrating the relationship and clarification between goals and objectives, much more depth could be interjected. Furthermore, objectives would