The Importance of Creativity in Family Therapy: A Preliminary Consideration.

Looks at the importance of creativity in the context of family therapy. Examines creative techniques such as family sculpturing, family art therapy, puppetry, family drawings, and psychodrama. Focuses on the concept of creativity in prominent theories of counseling (i.e., humanistic, Gestalt, cognitive psychology) and the relation of divergent thinking to healthy human development and functioning. (Author/JDM)