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
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Writing a journal is not just about keeping a record of daily events - journal writing provides a unique therapeutic opportunity for facilitating healing and growth.
The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.
This clear guide to the basics of journaling and its development as a therapeutic medium will be a valuable handbook for therapists, health and social care practitioners, teachers, life coaches, writing facilitators and any professional seeking personal development in themselves or their clients.
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My Journal Journey – An Article by Kate Thompson, author of Therapeutic Journal Writing
5 February 2012
"I wrote this book because this was a book I would have liked when I was training as a counsellor. At that time I had no idea that you could (‘were allowed to’) use journal writing as a therapeutic medium with clients. But I did know that it worked for me so it seemed natural to want to try. This book would have legitimized my instincts and given me the confidence to do it openly."
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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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