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Counselling for Artists, Performers, and Other Creative Individuals: A Guide for Clinicians

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Call no.
: 616.891656/GON
Author
: Olga E. Gonithellis
Contributor
: Safwan Hanif Bin Osman
Summary
Art-and-entertainment industry are filled with creative people who tend to encounter psychological challenges during their creative pursuits. Motivational need to be different plays an important part in creative drive, hence low psychological well-beings may lead to low motivation. Not only that, low motivation may co-occur with creative blocks, and self-doubts. These psychological issues will affect the personal and professional relationships of these creatives. This book explores the relationship between trauma and creativity, psychiatric disorders, performance and audition anxiety, physical health, and stress in the art-and-entertainment world. Various psychological treatments are recommended in resolving these issues.