Writing Well: Creative Writing and Mental Health
Creative Writing and Mental Health
$92.77
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
14 February 1999
Summary
Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field.
Although people with emotional or psychological problems can find creative writing particularly difficult and unsettling, when writing courses are sensitively designed they are known to be of therapeutic benefit to people with mental health problems. The exercises are taken from th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781853026508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1853026506 |
| Author: | Deborah Philips, Debra Penman, Liz Linnington |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 150mm x 226mm |
Critics Review
…a valuable resource for those wanting to use creative writing in groupwork. Every chapter provides a wealth of different exercises. Each exercise lists the materials needed and gives a recommended warm-up exercise as well as possible prompt questions to ease discussion following the period of writing. The book therefore provides a clear framework for running creative writing groups. The exercises provide a useful primer and can be adapted to suit a wide range of needs. The appendices are equally useful with one on how to devise your own exercises, another providing a list and outline of useful books, and a third giving a comprehensive list of useful organisations. The book offers a practical resource and many of the exercises contained in this slim, well-organised volume appear to be original and are likely to prompt many creative activities. – British Journal of Occupational Therapy
There are several good creative writing handbooks on the market at the moment but, as any therapist running groups on the subject in mental health settings will know, they generally just miss the mark, being too skill-based on the one hand or too process orientated on the other. This slim new volume goes some way to closing the gap. What the busy therapist might most appreciate is the resource aspect of the book. It is full of ideas - recommended warm-up activities for each writing session, along with useful commentaries on how to take creative ideas further. Writing Well clearly meets a need and will prove a welcome addition to every therapy department bookshelf. – Therapy Weekly
Deborah Philips
Deborah Philips is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Arts at Brunel University and runs a creative writing group at an acute adult day hospital.
Liz Linington trained at Brunel University in Occupational Therapy and has worked in a range of psychiatric hospitals. She now specialises in psychiatric rehabilitation.
Debra Penman read her degree in English and American Studies at Hull University and subsequently trained as an occupational therapist at St Loyes College, Exeter. She currently works in a centre for people with HIV/AIDS.
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