| Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities Contributor(s): Bolton, Gillie (Editor), Field, Victoria (Editor), Thompson, Kate (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1843104687 ISBN-13: 9781843104681 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: The use of creative writing as a route to personal development is a powerful therapeutic tool - a fact that is recognized in the growing numbers of workshops and writing groups within professional contexts, including clinical, health and criminal justice settings. Writing Works is a guide for writers or therapists working with groups or individuals and is full of practical advice on everything from the equipment needed to run a session to ideas for themes, all backed up by the theory that underpins the methods explained. Experienced practitioners in the field contribute detailed illuminating accounts of organizing writing workshops for a wide range of different clients, together with examples of their outcomes. This book will be an invaluable start-up reference for arts therapists and professionals working across the health, social care and caring professions, and one that will be referred to again and again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 615.851 |
| LCCN: 2006011613 |
| Series: Writing for Therapy or Personal Development |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.32" W x 9.24" (0.89 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The use of creative writing as a route to personal development is a powerful therapeutic tool - a fact that is recognized in the growing numbers of workshops and writing groups within professional contexts, including clinical, health and criminal justice settings. Writing Works is a guide for writers or therapists working with groups or individuals and is full of practical advice on everything from the equipment needed to run a session to ideas for themes, all backed up by the theory that underpins the methods explained. Experienced practitioners in the field contribute detailed illuminating accounts of organizing writing workshops for a wide range of different clients, together with examples of their outcomes. This book will be an invaluable start-up reference for arts therapists and professionals working across the health, social care and caring professions, and one that will be referred to again and again. |
Contributor Bio(s): Field, Victoria: - Victoria Field has a degree in Pyschology, an MA in Cultural Policy and has worked for the British Council in Istanbul, Moscow and Pakistan. She subsequently trained as a Poetry Therapist with the US National Association for Poetry Therapy. She has received two awards from NAPT for her international work. She is also a published poet and, as a playwright, is an Associate Artist at Hall for Cornwall.Thompson, Kate: - Kate Thompson is a BACP senior accredited counsellor and supervisor and a journal therapist. After gaining a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University and therapeutic training, she developed a method of combining the two. She is a faculty member of the Center for Journal Therapy and Institute for Therapeutic Writing and lives in Colorado, USA.Bolton, Gillie: - Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-five years, and has written and edited five books, one of which is now in its third edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire. |