Creative Therapy: 52 Exercises for Individuals And Groups

Jane Dossick, BS, has worked in the Psychiatric Daily Group Program, a part of the department of psychiatry of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. As Activities Therapist, she has developed and implemented a variety of innovative approaches to various group therapies. In her work, she emphasizes the creative arts as a therapeutic tool in helping patients to more freely express themselves. She has more than 32 years of experience with diverse patient populations, including the geriatric and chronically ill, and has also worked with groups of physically disabled young adults to aid them in making the often difficult transition from a lengthy hospitalization to community life. She served as coproducer of The P.O.W., a motion picture dealing with the plight of disabled Vietnam veterans. Ms. Dossick and Mr. Shea coauthored Creative Therapy: 52 Exercises for Groups (Professional Resource Exchange, 1988), Creative Therapy II: 52 More Exercises for Groups (Professional Resource Exchange, 1990), and Creative Therapy III: 52 More Exercises for Groups (Professional Resource Exchange, 1995).Eugene Shea, MSW, LCSW, is Program Director of the Consultation Center Continuing Day Treatment Program at Transitional Services for New York, Inc. (TSI). There he continues to develop innovative techniques for engaging both psychiatric and dually diagnosed clients. He has held day treatment supervisory positions at other locations, including Psychiatric and Addictions Recovery Services (PARS) in Queens, New York, and Coler Memorial Hospital, New York City. Mr. Shea has used individual and group modalities both to treat substance abusers at Jewish Community Services of Long Island, and in the treatment of psychiatric outpatients at Rockaway Mental Health Center. Through his experience at the Kingston Learning Center, he developed many innovative methods for working with learning disabled children; at Maimonides Institute, he continued this work with developmentally disabled children. He is member of the National Association of Social Workers, and continues to develop his artistic skills in the areas of painting and illustration.