Expressive Writing

Kate Thompson, MA, CJT, is an existential counselor, journal therapist and writer. She pioneered the use of therapeutic writing in counseling and supervision in the UK. She now lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.Kathleen Adams, MA, LPC, is psychotherapist, journal therapist, and international thought leader in the field of expressive/ therapeutic writing. She is the director of the Center for Journal Therapy and its online professional training division, the Therapeutic Writing Institute, in Denver. This is her eleventh book.

• Foreword, , Preface, Kathleen Adams, Section 1: Theory, , In This Together: Writing in Health and Social Care, Graham Hartill andVictoria Field, Your Brain on Ink: ExpressiveWriting and Neuroplasticity, Deborah Ross, Expressive Writing for Caregiver Resilience: A Research Perspective, John Evans, Meredith Mealer,Karen Jooste, andMarc Moss, Writing the Darkness: A Transformative Writing Model , Sherry Reiter, Emotional Balance, the Therapy Session, and the Journal, Beth Jacobs, Section 2: Practice, , WOWSA! Play-Based Journal Therapy, Cherie Spehar, Therapeutic Writing in Psychiatric Care, Carol Ross, Now That I See: Journal Writing with Deaf Teens, Donna Houston, Roots of Resilience: Writing for Practitioner Self-Care, Susan Smith Pierce, Creating a New Story after Brain Injury, Barbara Stahura, After the Deep Dive: Reflections on Writing beyond Cancer, Jean Rowe, Epilogue, , Honoring Silence, Jeannie Wright and Kate Thompson, About the Editors and Contributors, , Acknowledgments, ,

Expressive Writing: Counseling and Healthcare provides a bridge in the much-needed world of psychological healing. It reminds us that creative approaches can provide breakthrough methods for clients to find their way to health. Spanning the diverse fields of poetry, journal therapy, spirituality, brain science, theories of self and much more, this book gives proof that expressive writing addresses a full spectrum of mental health challenges.