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Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities
Contributor(s): Field, Victoria (Editor), Bolton, Gillie (Editor), Morrison, Blake (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 1843104687     ISBN-13: 9781843104681
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE: $25.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2006
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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.

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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" L (0.89 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 06/01/2007 pg. 79
 
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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.
 
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