Art that Tells the Truth: Creative Methods in Guidance and Counselling - Paperback

by Reinekke Lengelle (Editor), Deirdre Hughes (Editor), Liane Hambly (Editor)

This enriching and inspiring book on creative methods demonstrates the power and effectiveness of the creative approach in guidance and counselling settings. The twenty chapters in this volume focus on the importance and joys of play, creative expression, and imagination in effective learning.

Author Biography

Reinekke Lengelle is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University, Canada, and a Researcher at The Hague University, The Netherlands. Her book Writing the Self in Bereavement: A Story of Love, Spousal Loss, and Resilience won the Best Book Award for Ethnography in 2021 and the International Qualitative Inquiry Book Award in 2022.

Deirdre Hughes is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research (IER) in Coventry, England. She is an international careers practitioner researcher and senior policy adviser. She led and co-edited an international series of Special Issue Journals on behalf of the British Journal for Guidance and Counselling. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen's Honorary Medal (2012) for her services to lifelong guidance.

Liane Hambly is an international career coach, supervisor and educator of career development professionals. She is co-author of the best-selling book Creative Career Coaching, Theory into Practice (2019) and works with organisations worldwide to strengthen the confidence and skills of their practitioners.