Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and ActivitiesVictoria Field, Gillie Bolton, Kate Thompson 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. |
Contents
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Writing from Within | 139 |
APPENDIX 1 MAP OF THE BOOK | 236 |
APPENDIX 2 CLASSIC EXERCISES | 239 |
APPENDIX 3 USEFUL RESOURCES | 240 |
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CONTRIBUTORS | 245 |
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AUTHOR INDEX | 255 |