Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of Transformation and Astonishment

1 A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy 1

2 Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils 13

3 Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love 31

4 Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued 51

5 Stephen Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections 65

6 Michael Yapko: You Don't Learn This Stuff in Graduate School 81

7 Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients 101

8 Jeff Zeig: A White, Fluff y Cloud and a Dissociative Moment 117

9 Judy Jordan: What about Love? 133

10 Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven 143

11 Laura Brown: Working in a Box 163

12 Bill O'Hanlon: Falling on Your Face 175

13 Cloé Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage 189

14 Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self 205

15 Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor 217

16 Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing 231

17 Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action 237

18 Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen 245

19 Some Creative Themes 257

20 Clinical Applications 271

References 295