Integrating Creativity into Counseling: Utilizing Creative Expression for Progression
By: Dr. Niah Singletary, LCMHC, CRC, Life Coach
Friday, Novemer 21st, 9AM - 11AM
2 CEU Credits
Please join us in a presentation discussing the history, theory, and applicability of evidenced based creativity in counseling.
Target Audience:
Clinical counselors, and other therapeutic practitioners that work with adults dealing with grief, mood disorders, socialization barriers, and anxiety disorders
Objectives:
1. Review the history and theoretical frameworks of creativity in counseling.
2. Examine how creativity in counseling can be integrated with other modalities to provide salient treatment to clients.
3. Understand creativity in counseling as a theoretical framework and modality that can be implemented with other theoretical orientations.
Biography:
Dr. Niah Singletary is a joyful militant Blerd, Womanist, and counselor hailing from Lake City, South Carolina. Dr. Singletary was a small-town girl with big dreams. Today she merges creativity with culturally responsive care, engaging communities as a private practice founder, podcast host, published, writer, and advocate for transformative accessible healing rooted in community. She uses her educational background to speak truth to power, advocating for voices that have been marginalized within mental healthcare systems Dr. Singletary has always had a passion for people that has driven her academic and professional career. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from South Carolina State University and upon graduation she entered the workforce to provide services to people living with HIV in the nonprofit sector. After three years of working in the nonprofit sector, Dr. Singletary pursued a Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling from South Carolina State University. After receiving her master’s degree, she transitioned from working in the nonprofit sector to working for the state vocational rehabilitation services department, working with individuals with disabilities. She would later receive the Woodland Hall Fellowship Grant from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University allowing her to pursue and receive her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision while working at the state vocational rehabilitation services department. Dr. Singletary completed her doctoral program, with her dissertation focused on the therapeutic benefits of creativity and play for Black Adults. Her current research interests are creativity in counseling and mental health equity. Dr. Singletary hopes to bridge the gap between research and community making healing accessible & research more inclusive.
