Problem
What creative strategy could be applied to the case scenario? What materials does it require?
a) What credentials/training are required to use the creative strategy, Claire?
b) How can the creative strategy benefit Claire? What are some risks associated with its use?
Claire's Case
Claire is a 10-year-old biracial female. You have seen her once before and now you are deciding how to work with her. Her parents are going through a divorce after her father cheated on her mother with another woman. Her mother and father do not get along but they are willing to work together for Claire. You find that when you talk to Claire, her mother tells her a lot of information about her father's cheating. This makes Claire feel in the middle as well as protective of her mother. She says she does not like being with her father. You notice that perhaps she wants to spend more time with him but worried that her mother will be mad at her. She is also experiencing a lot of anxiety at school with grades and she thought she saw her father with the other woman at her school one time. Her father assures you that he has never brought anyone to the school and does not admit that he has a girlfriend. Claire's grades are going down as she was an A/B student but now getting Cs and Ds on some tests. Her mother says she no longer wants to do any extracurricular activities (she played soccer and the violin). She wants to stay at home with her mother. When you talk with Claire about what she does with her mother she says she enjoys watching movies with her but her mother is busy on the computer, on her phone, or doing stuff around the house like folding laundry. When she has to see her father they sometimes play outside but mostly he plays video games which they sometimes play together. Sometimes they watch movies but Claire notices her father on the phone smiling. She is almost certain this is the "other woman." When this happens, Claire wants to go home immediately. She starts to feel sick: stomach hurts and head hurts especially.