The therapeutic potential of creative writing : writing myself / Gillie Bolton ; foreword by Sir Kenneth Calman.
- Bolton, Gillie
- Date:
- 1999
- Books
About this work
Description
Suitable both for health-care professionals who wish to implement therapeutic writing with their patients, and for those wishing to start writing creatively in order to help themselves, The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing provides practical, well tried and tested suggestions for beginning to write and for developing writing further. It includes ideas for writing individually and for directing groups, and explores journal writing, poetry, fiction, autobiography and writing out trauma, with established writers and those who have taken up writing for private enjoyment.
Publication/Creation
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999.
Physical description
252 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Copy 1. Donor: Arts for Health.
Contents
Foreword / Kenneth Calman -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Therapeutic Writing: How and Why -- The Healing Pen -- 3. Keeping a Journal: 'The Diamonds of the Dustheap' -- 4. Writing Openers: Unbuttoning, Opening the Box -- 5. Images: How to Find, Create and Use Them -- Echoes -- 6. Dreams Which Put Us in Touch with Ourselves: 'The Royal Road' -- 7. The Power of Poetry, Fiction and Autobiography: 'Something Hatches' -- 8. Writing to Help You Take Control of Your Own Life: 'This is My Decision!' -- 9. Writing and Groups: Laugh and Cry with Each Other -- 10. Writing out Trauma: A Bobble Hat, a Pair of Jeans and Grandad -- 11. Writing at the Doctor's, the Hospital, the Hospice: Writing on Prescription -- 12. Writing in Prison, the Old People's Home: 'Reach for the Stars' -- 13. Approaches to Therapeutic Writing: 'But Who are You?' -- 14. Conclusions: 'Thought Made Flesh'.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionWM450.5.W9 1999B69tOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9781853025990
- 1853025992