Leslie Cardell, LCSW, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Manhattan, talks about creativity, creative blocks and her experience working with this issue in her private practice. She discusses concepts such as internal and external audience, disowned self and aggression as they relate to creativity. In addition to being a psychotherapist, Leslie has a background as an actor and teacher of acting.
Some resources regarding this topic include: Understanding Writer’s Block: A Therapist’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment by Martin Kantor. Two websites that offer information about creativity and creative blocks are creatingminds.org and creativity-portal.com. Please note that I found these resources in an information search prior to this interview and do not have enough information to offer them as specific recommendations - but they do look interesting.
Leslie Cardell, LCSW can be reached directly at her private practice contact number (212) 252-5345
Dr. Kelly Camilleri (K.Camilleri@exeter.ac.uk) is a psychologist who specializes in working with the developmentally disabled. She is faculty at the University of Exeter in the UK. Dr. Camilleri talks at length about using a holistic, systems approach with this population. She describes how a systems approach works, discusses some of the psychodynamic challenges experienced by the developmentally disabled and some of the psychodynamic challenges faced by those who work with the developmentally disabled.
Dr. Camilleri e-mailed me a comprehenisve list of resources for those who would like to explore this issue further. I am cutting and pasting these resources into this post. See below:
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KEY REFERENCES:
Bouras N. (Ed) (1999) Psychiatric and behavioural Disorders in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation. Cambridge University Press.
A recently published text with, as the title implies, a predominantly psychiatric perspective. However, it includes contributions by a variety of influential authors in the field and covers a wide range of topics including learning disabilities and offending, behavioural phenotypes, and policy and service issues.
Brechin A. & Walmsley J. (1989) Making Connections – reflecting on the lives and experiences of people with learning difficulties. Open University.
This collection of contributions explores the lives and experiences of people with learning disabilities from a range of perspectives. In so doing it enriches our understanding and challenges some of our practices. Part of the Open University Course – Mental Handicap: Changing perspectives.
Emerson, E et. al. (1998) Clinical Psychology and People with Intellectual Disabilities. Chichester:Wiley.
A comprehensive introduction, addressing the principles behind service provision, key components of clinical work and considerations for specific clinical problems. It contains contributions form many of the leading lights in the field.
Simpson, D & Miller, L (2004) Unexpected Gains: Psychotherapy with People With Learning Disabilities Karnac
This book is a collection of papers written by Tavistock instituite Learning disabilities services staff. It describes in detail psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children and adults with learning disabilities.
Jacobson, J., Mulick, J., & Rojahn, J. (2007) Handbook of Intelectual and Developmental Disabilities. Springer.
Provides a comprehensive overview of a wide range of aetiological, medical and psychological issues for people with a learning disability.
Kroeze, B & Dagnan, D (1997) Cognitive-behaviour therapy for people with learning disabilities. Routledge
Provides a good general introduction to the theoretical and practical considerations of CBT for people with a learning disability.
Waitman A. & Conboy-Hill S. (1991) Psychotherapy and mental Handicap. London: Sage Publications.
An excellent text with contributions from highly respected authors. Topics addressed include critical life cycle stages such as the birth of a handicapped child, broader issues such as sexuality, and various therapeutic approaches including reminiscence and transactional analysis and themes relevant to therapy such as counter transference.
Websites:
www.drc-gb.org
Disability rights commission website. Provides good information on the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability
http://www.connects.org.uk
This is the portal for the learning disabilities forum which is part of the mental health foundation website. We would recommend that trainees sign up and join this forum. It includes service users and careers views on current issues that face people with learning disabilities
www.handsoffmyplan.co.uk
Excellent user led website which provides a user perspective on person centred planning
www.opsi.gov.uk
The full Mental Capacity Act 2005
www.mencap.org.up
An excellent general website specific documents of importance here are the “Death by indifference” report and the “treat me right” campaign
http://valueingpeople.gov.uk
official valueing people website
Cindy Barrilleaux, writing coach and editor, discusses her work with psychotherapists who are interested in writing. Ms. Barrilleaux talks about some of the common writing problems people encounter, her strategies as a writing coach and some things therapists can do to become better writiers. Ms. Barrilleaux works with therapists (and others) who want to publish books or articles or who just want to write for the sake of writing. Ms. Barrilleaux is the former managing editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine, where she worked with therapist-writers for twenty-five years.
For more information about Cindy Barrilleaux and her work visit her website at www.writeyourbest.com or send her an e-mail at cindy@writeyourbest.com. Her contact telephone number is (505) 323-2514.
On the next edition of Psych1on1 psychologist Kelly Camilleri, Ph.D. will discuss using a systems approach in her work the developmentally delayed.
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