Therapeutic Journal Writing

An Introduction for Professionals

Kate Thompson
Foreword by Kathleen Adams

Part of the Writing for Therapy or Personal Development series

Paperback: £17.99 / $29.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-690-6, BIC 2: MQTC MMJT JKSN2

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Acknowledgements. Foreword. Kathleen Adams, Center for Journal Therapy, USA. Preface. Part 1. Understanding the basics. Introduction. 1. Preparing for therapeutic journal writing. 2. Using therapeutic journal writing in practice settings. Part 2. Structured techniques. 3. Beginnings and endings. 4. Lists. 5. Stepping stones. 6. Description and deeper. Part 3. Less structured techniques. 7. Journal dialogues. 8. Unsent letters. 9. Perspectives. 10. Opening up. Part 4. Applications for practice. 11. What works for whom? 12. Journal writing in professional supervision. Afterword. List of journal prompts. About the author: A personal journey from diary to therapeutic journal writing. References. Index.

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• Kate Thompson

Subject areas

• Arts Therapies
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• arts therapies,
• counselling,
• creative therapies,
• creative writing as therapy,
• creativity,
• emotions,
• expressive therapies,
• families,
• grief,
• group psychotherapy,
• health care,
• interdisciplinary arts therapies,
• mental health,
• occupational therapy,
• offenders,
• poetry,
• psychoanalysis,
• psychology,
• relationships,
• self esteem,
• self harm,
• sexual abuse,
• social care,
• social work,
• supervision,
• trauma

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