Creative Counseling Techniques: An Illustrated Guide is very well received by counselors because it gives permission to be creative during counseling. This very "freeing" book, packed with original ideas, examples, and illustrations is helpful to students in the beginning stages of the counseling profession as well as practicing professionals who are looking to increase the their effectiveness. Readers of Creative Counseling Techniques write:

"Many great ideas - different!"

"A very unique book - I like the many props, especially the shield, the beer bottle, and the cups."

"I plan to work with kids and I need creative ways to reach them."

"This book is excellent because it gives me ways to engage my clients quickly. That's what I have to do in my setting."

"I was feeling that my counseling was dull and lifeless. This book gave me many new ideas. I'd never thought of using chairs, especially the child's chair, in the way Dr. Jacobs uses them."
 

It is so important in today's mental health profession to have as many approaches to counseling as possible. Creative Counseling Techniques: An Illustrated Guide provides complimentary ideas to basic theories. This book provides its reader with many dialogue examples of the five categories of creative counseling:

• use of props
• use of chairs
• use of movement
• use of writing and drawing
• use of analogies and fantasies