Writing works : a resource handbook for therapeutic writing workshops and activities / edited by Gillie Bolton, Victoria Field, and Kate Thompson ; foreword by Blake Morrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bolton, Gillie.

Field, Victoria, 1963-

Thompson, Kate, 1961-

Series:

Writing for Therapy or Personal Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing--Therapeutic use.

Creative writing.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing Works is a guide for writers or therapists working with groups or individuals and is full of practical advice on everything from the equipment needed to run a session to ideas for themes, all backed up by the theory that underpins the methods explained. Practitioners contribute detailed accounts of organizing writing workshops for clients.

Contents:

What this book offers and why / Gillie Bolton

Running groups / Victoria Field

Writing therapeutically and in therapy / Kate Thompson

Part one : writing from without

Warming up and working together / edited by Kate Thompson

Writing about place / edited by Victoria Field

Writing from objects / edited by Gillie Bolton

Writing from published poems / edited by Victoria Field

Writing in form / edited by Victoria Field

Part two : writing from within

What people need to write / edited by Kate Thompson

Different masks / edited by Victoria Field

Who am I? / edited by Gillie Bolton

Life's journey / edited by Gillie Bolton

Loss and change / edited by Kate Thompson

Conclusion : writing works / Gillie Bolton, Victoria Field and Kate Thompson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-244) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610929542

9781280929540

1280929545

9781846425493

1846425492

OCLC:

298788463