The Place of Creativity and Humor in Group Counseling: Attention to Humor and Creativity in Psychology Class
From the beginning, my experiences in
a Group Dynamics class emphasizing the Person Centered Approach seemed to have a direct connection to the concepts of creativity and humor, and I began to wonder how much specific attention had been paid in the literature to the established discipline of Creative Studies Ca component of Educational Psychology) and the emerging discipline of the studv of humor by proponents and practitioners in the field of Counseling. Checking the Index of the Course textbook and a number of resources referenced there in the library I discovered a paucity of evidence that these two interrelated significant components of human nature, operating both individually and in groups, had their desired place in the academic literature of the counseling disciplines.
This presentation is the result of a longterm interest and personal background in the phenomenon of Creativity and its relation to Humor as a personal life expression and a significant force in the life of groups.
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