Using Expressive Arts in Online Education to Identify Feelings

ABSTRACT

The authors of this article present two creative teaching activities to illustrate how online counselor education can use expressive arts to promote awareness of how one feels. Included is a discussion of this awareness of feelings, the downside of expressing feelings, creative arts in counselor education, and how counselor education can promote feeling experiences. Two examples of expressive arts are offered with a brief discussion.

KEYWORDS:

• Online counselor education
• expressive arts
• feeling expression
• empathy
• creativity in counseling

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.