Expressive Writing

Kathleen Adams MA, LPC is one of the leading voices in the field of expressive and therapeutic writing. A psychotherapist and registered poetry/journal therapist, she founded the Center for Journal Therapy in 1988. She is the series editor for the It’s Easy to W.R.I.T.E. Expressive Writing series for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

• Table of ContentsSeries Editor NoteForewordPreface1.Expression and Reflection: Toward a New Paradigmof Expressive Writing2. Finding Your Shoobeedoo3. The Journal Ladder4. Journal Writing in the Counseling Relationship5. Liberating Beauty: The Hynes and Hynes-Berry Bibliotherapy Model6. Engaging the Reluctant Writer7. Poetry and Emotional Intelligence8. Writing with Teens at Risk9. Writing the Family StoryAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgments

Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice is a transformative guide for those seeking insight through writing and for those who guide that process. Kay Adams is the ideal alchemist for this superb work: an international leader in therapeutic journaling, master teacher and mentor, author and editor, healing professional, and community builder.Adams has distilled both critical research and writing processes from some of the best practitioners in the field. The threads of expressive writing are woven into a text that reflects the evidence-based aspects of therapeutic writing, the creativity and strength building of expressive writing, and specific strategies to use in virtually any context. This work honors and elicits the authentic self—the inner wisdom in each of us.Adams advances expressive writing in a powerful way. If expressive writing can reveal to us our inner wisdom and we share our common and diverse insights, she believes that expressive writing will help communities shape effective change.The applications and possibilities for this as an educational tool are endless, and the editor and authors will help you to begin right away. Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice is a must-have guide for those who want to grow and heal through writing. Simply put, it inspires.