25 Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5:25–38, 2010 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1540-1383 print/1540-1391 online DOI: 10.1080/15401381003626857 WCMH 1540-1383 1540-1391 Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, Vol. 5, No. 1, February 2010: pp. 0–0 Journal of Creativity in Mental Health For Those About to Rock (With Your High School Students), We Salute You: School Counselors Using Music Interventions School Counselors Using Music Interventions T. M. Kimbel and J. J. Protivnak TYLER M. KIMBEL University of Northern Colorado, Evans, Colorado, USA JAKE J. PROTIVNAK Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, USA Music has a significant impact on the daily lives of adolescents. This article provides music interventions that school counselors can use with adolescents: music listening/sharing, lyric revision, improvisation, and use in classroom guidance lessons. Also provided are the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations for using music interventions while considering issues of imposing or validating values, confidentiality, and duty to warn with students. A case illustration demonstrating the integration of music interventions into a school counseling session with a student experiencing academic and behavioral problems is provided. Recommendations for school counseling practice are presented. KEYWORDS creativity, music interventions, school counseling, ethics, adolescents Music is central in many students’ lives and serves as a vehicle for self-expression, emotional release, and peer relationships (Campbell, Connell, & Beegle, 2007). Adolescents are influenced by popular music and seek to incorporate it into their daily lives (Committee on Communications, 2009; Hendricks, Robinson, Bradley, & Davis, 1999). Approximately 90% of students listen to music on a daily basis (Kiefer, 2004), 37% play a musical instrument (Lyons, 2003), and approximately 20% of students participate in a school band (National Center for Education Statistics, 2007). One of the top-selling Address correspondence to Tyler M. Kimbel, 1114 Gard Place Apt. D, Loveland, CO 80537, USA. E-mail: kimb5947@bears.unco.edu