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Publication date:
08 August 2013Length of book:
160 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationISBN-13: 9781475803167
Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth and skill-building. For decades, it has been the province of journals, memoirs, poets, and language arts classrooms. Social science research now provides indisputable evidence that expressive writing is also healing.
In this remarkable collection, eight leading experts from education, counseling, and community service join to offer compelling guidance from applied practice. You’ll discover:
Whether you are an educator, a counselor, a facilitator or a writer, you’ll find this volume an invaluable and innovative resource for the foundations of practice of expressive writing.
In this remarkable collection, eight leading experts from education, counseling, and community service join to offer compelling guidance from applied practice. You’ll discover:
- How writing poetry helps primary school children develop emotional intelligence
- A model for helping teens at risk write safely about their deepest hurts
- How to engage reluctant writers and help them develop vital writing skills
- A simple and effective way to build structure, pacing, and containment into life-based writing
- How discovering the wellspring of inner speech helps strengthen writing skills
- A method to transform expressive writing into insightful problem-solving
- Easy strategies to write family stories
- Innovative ways to bring literature into the classroom to hone critical thinking skills through reflective practice
- Practical, time-tested ways for expressive writing in guidance and counseling
- Case studies for all levels of learners: Primary, teens, college-age, and adults
Whether you are an educator, a counselor, a facilitator or a writer, you’ll find this volume an invaluable and innovative resource for the foundations of practice of expressive writing.
Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice is the book I’ve been waiting for! As a licensed mental health counselor and certified journal therapist, I strongly believe this book will be a valuable and unique professional resource. As a woman who has written and journaled for decades, I envision this work as a rewarding introduction to the broad range of genres included in the world of expressive writing.
This comprehensive and practical guide is appealing and easily accessible. Each chapter, instructive and engaging in its own right, is a powerful and critical component within a collective vision in the field of expressive writing. The contributions are woven together in a manner that flows easily from one to the other.
The authors represent the finest in their areas of expertise. Their writing is informative, engaging and supported by additional references. Filled with passion and conviction, each writer provides exceptional wisdom based on their advanced education and decades of experience.
I recommend Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice with complete confidence.
This comprehensive and practical guide is appealing and easily accessible. Each chapter, instructive and engaging in its own right, is a powerful and critical component within a collective vision in the field of expressive writing. The contributions are woven together in a manner that flows easily from one to the other.
The authors represent the finest in their areas of expertise. Their writing is informative, engaging and supported by additional references. Filled with passion and conviction, each writer provides exceptional wisdom based on their advanced education and decades of experience.
I recommend Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice with complete confidence.