Welcome to Volume 17, Issue 3 of the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health (JCMH). JCMH is the official journal for the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC). This journal is designed to bring our readership cutting-edge scholarship that promotes growth-fostering relationships and enhances relational development within a diverse society. ACC was established for professionals and students interested in creative and complementary approaches to counseling practice and counselor education. Authors represent the diverse mental health disciplines of counseling, psychology, expressive therapies, psychiatry, and social work. JCMH is particularly interested in receiving submissions that discuss creative ways to facilitate growth-fostering connections and relational development. JCMH also encourages further understanding of diversity in professional practice. These interventions may include music, literature, theater, drama, art, dance, energy psychologies, and other complementary and alternative therapies.
The following articles are included in this issue, offering a wide variety of innovative topics: “Exploring Emotion Regulation in Counselors’ Management of Attraction to Clients,” “Infusing Adventure Based Counseling Techniques into Counselor Education,” “Infusing Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills into Supervision to Address Challenges and Enhance Performance,” “Loving-Kindness Colouring and Loving-Kindness Meditation: Exploring the effectiveness of non-meditative and meditative practices on state Mindfulness and Anxiety,” “An Unfiltered Look at Idealized Images: A Social Media Intervention for Adolescent Girls,” “A Rainbow for Reading: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study on Drag Queen Reading Programs,” “Integrating Resiliency into Neurobiologically-Focused Mental Health Counseling through Mindfulness,” “Trauma- sensitive yoga as an adjunctive treatment: The G.R.A.C.E. model,” “Adinkra Symbolism, Printmaking, the Cultural Identity of Ghanaian Emerging Young Adults,” and “Using Holistic and Ethical Practices with Emotional Support Animal Requests.” It is my hope that you find this issue enlightening and helpful to your work.