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Can you read me? : creative writing with child and adult victims of abuse / Jacki Pritchard and Eric Sainsbury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pritchard, Jacki.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused children--Rehabilitation.
- Abused children.
- Adult child abuse victims--Rehabilitation.
- Adult child abuse victims.
- Creative writing--Therapeutic use.
- Creative writing.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st American pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents poems, stories and journal work spontaneously written by people, young and old, who have suffered serious abuse. The editors' explanations and commentaries suggest how health and social care workers can facilitate creative writing as a potential contribution to emotional healing in work with both individuals and small groups. In addition to individual contributors, the book records the activities of groups developed by Barnardos for children and young people and by Beyond Existing for adults. Although not written as a training manual per se , the book offers photocopiable ex
- Contents:
- Cover; Can You Read Me?: Creative Writing with Child and Adult Victims of Abuse; Acknowledgements; Contents; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK; A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS; 1. What It's All About; 2. Issues and Practicalities in Preparing the Book; 3. The Projects; 4. Themes from the Interviews with the Writers; 5. Using Poetry 1: Poems Presented by the Younger Adults; 6. Using Poetry 2: Poems Presented by the Other Adults; 7. Using Journals; 8. Using Stories 1: Adults; 9. Using Stories 2: Children; 10. Endings and Beginnings; 11. Exercises for Adult Victims; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX
- AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-26674-0
- 9786610266746
- 1-4237-1061-4
- 1-84642-054-7
- OCLC:
- 191038982
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