THERAPEUTIC JOURNAL WRITING

An excellent book to use when looking to facilitate writers in healing situations. Or to use for self.

good resource for journaling uses/prompts

Useful and informative

Dieses Buch eignet sich sowohl für Menschen, die die Übungen mit anderen Menschen durchführen wollen, aber auch für einen selber. Eine gute Balance zwischen theoretischem Input und Übungen, die Übungen sind sinnvoll und nicht aus der Luft gegriffen.

This book was phenomenal! I found it very useful. I've been journal writing for over 50 years and developed some helpful techniques. From my journal and blogs, I crafted, then published a memoir. Since the publication, I've come out as an ex-mental patient after 40 years of denial and more recently became involved in peer support. This book has been an enormous aid in crafting a workshop for voice hearers and peer workers. Although it is not oriented specifically towards a one time experience, I was still able to glean some valuable tips. For example, it suggests not using free-flow writing, but more structured prompts at first in a group. I chose some prompts she gave to use with voice hearers that may be less triggering. And the part about feedback loops after the writing exercise was new and helpful for me to incorporate. This book is a must-read for anyone involved in journal writing, and especially for those who facilitate groups on the process.