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Gillie Bolton

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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JKP publications by Gillie Bolton

The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing

The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing

Writing Myself

Gillie Bolton
Foreword by Sir Kenneth Calman

1999, Paperback: £17.95/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-599-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Keywords: creative writing as therapy, health care, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, therapeutic communities

Write Yourself

Write Yourself

Creative Writing and Personal Development

Gillie Bolton
Foreword by Nicholas Mazza

2011, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-110-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp

Keywords: addiction, alcohol, anger management, anxiety, arts therapies, bereavement, complementary therapies, creative writing as therapy, creativity, death, depression, emotions, expressive therapies, grief, group psychotherapy, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, mental illness, occupational therapy, offenders, palliative care, pastoral care, poetry, practical theology, psychotherapy, relationships, self esteem, self harm, storymaking, trauma

Writing Routes

Writing Routes

A Resource Handbook of Therapeutic Writing

Gillie Bolton, Victoria Field and Kate Thompson
Foreword by Gwyneth Lewis

2010, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-107-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: arts therapies, creative writing as therapy, psychotherapy

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts

Edited by Gillie Bolton
Foreword by Baroness Professor Ilora Finlay of Llandaff

2007, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-516-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp

Keywords: arts therapies, bereavement, health care, interdisciplinary arts therapies, older people, palliative care, psychiatry, psychotherapy, social care

Writing Works

Writing Works

A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities

Edited by Gillie Bolton, Victoria Field and Kate Thompson
Foreword by Blake Morrison

2006, Paperback: £16.99/ $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-468-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Keywords: arts therapies, creative writing as therapy, health care, social care, social work, therapeutic communities