ABSTRACT
A creative therapy session is an experiential journey that traverses the beginning, middle, and ending acts that unfold like a theatrical play. Each act involves a primary operation. The first operation is building a big room, the existential space required before any change can be felt. The second is called getting experientially cooked by change. As the existential space expands, the “temperature” of the creative life force rises until the atmosphere is hot enough to foster change. Finally, during the third and final act the therapist returns the client to the everyday with a prescription for action that carries the experienced changes forward. All three operations—expanding, cooking, and prescribing enacted change—occur throughout the session, but each has its turn as the primary emphasis for a particular act.
