Writing Cures: An Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Foreword: Ps, Make It Two xv
• Acknowledgements xvii
• Introduction: Writing Cures 1
• Part I - Theory and Research 5
• Chapter 1 - The Passion of Science, the Precision of Poetry: 7
• Chapter 2 - Cognitive Psychology and the Biomedical Foundations of Writing Therapy 18
• Chapter 3 - The Contribution of Narrative Ideas and Writing Practices in Therapy 25
• Chapter 4 - Reading Ourselves: Imagining the Reader in the Writing Process 35
• Chapter 5 - From Archetype to Impressions: the Magic of Words 44
• Part II - Writing in Therapy 57
• Chapter 6 - Writing by Patients and Therapists in Cognitive Analytic Therapy 59
• Chapter 7 - Journal Writing as a Therapeutic Tool 72
• Chapter 8 - Writing the Link Between Body and Mind: the Use of Writing with Clients Suffering from Chronic Stress-Related Medical Disorders 85
• Chapter 9 - 'When I Write, I Think': Personal Uses of Writing by International Students 95
• Chapter 10 - 'Every Poem Breaks a Silence That Had to Be Overcome': the Therapeutic Role of Poetry Writing 106
• Chapter 11 - On the Road to Recovery: Writing as a Therapy for People in Recovery from Addiction 123
• Part III - Writing Online 131
• Chapter 12 - Therapy Online-The Therapeutic Relationship in Typed Text 133
• Chapter 13 - Developing Online, Text-Based Counselling in the Workplace 142
• Chapter 14 - Electronic Text-Based Communication-Assumptions and Illusions Created by the Transference Phenomena 151
• Chapter 15 - Messages to Jo-The Samaritans' Experience of Email Befriending 160
• Chapter 16 - Ethical and Practical Dimensions of Online Writing Cures 170
• Part IV - Reflective Practice 179
• Chapter 17 - Reflective and Therapeutic Writing in Counsellor Training 181
• Chapter 18 - The Uses of Writing in the Supervision of Cognitive Analytic Therapy 189
• Chapter 19 - Black and Blue: Writing for Reflective Practice 196
• Chapter 20 - After the Session: 'Freewriting' in Response 212
• Chapter 21 - Writing in a Reflective Practice Group for Staff Working with People with Dementia 221
• Chapter 22 - Conclusions and Looking Forward 228
• Index 232

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