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OverviewWriting can support our wellbeing even under the most difficult life circumstances, helping us to adapt to significant change, make sense of loss, improve our physical and emotional resilience, and foster personal growth. Numerous studies of Expressive Writing have confirmed this, and there are other established methodologies for practice. However, to date, few accounts have offered detailed descriptions showing how and why putting pen to paper can be so beneficial. This book delves deeply into the landscape of Writing-for-wellbeing and demonstrates the transformative power of writing in a wide range of contexts. Topics include personal trauma narratives within the Humanities; a participatory Writing-for-wellbeing study that demonstrates the effectiveness of writing in the context of grief and loss; surprise as the hidden mainspring of poetry's therapeutic potency; the empowerment and healing potential offered by Black women’s blogs; playwriting positioning LGBTQIA+ identities as positive through stories of belonging; how writing workshops have helped newly literate Indigenous adults and other participants in the Australian outback; and how the smuggled writings of Behrouz Boochani have enabled global witnessing of the stories of refugees held in offshore detention. This resource sets out the theory and research at the foundation of Writing-for-wellbeing in close relation to full and engaging accounts of practice. It aims to make the topic accessible and affirms its place as an effective reconstructive practice alongside other expressive arts therapies, providing a holistic and inspiring resource for anyone wishing to practice, teach, or research Writing-for-wellbeing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katrin Den Elzen , Reinekke LengellePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781032163161ISBN 10: 103216316 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 07 July 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction Reinekke Lengelle and Katrin Den Elzen Part I: Voicing the Self Chapter 1: When your Partner Dies: A Conversation about Writing and Post-Traumatic Growth in WidowhoodKatrin Den Elzen & Reinekke Lengelle Chapter 2: Poetry and Connection: Encounter, Surprise, and Dialogue Reinekke Lengelle, Jon Sayers, & Geri Giebel Chavis Chapter 3: ""The Write Road"" to Self-Discovery, Recovery, and Growth Stephanie Dale Part II: The Pedagogy of Personal Trauma Narrative in Higher Education Chapter 4: Managing Life Writing and Trauma: A Reflection Sue Joseph Chapter 5: The Self as Chambered Nautilus: Discovering the Healing Power of Writing as a Graduate Student Jennifer Bertrand Chapter 6: Writing as an Antidepressant in a Pandemic Jeffrey Berman Chapter 7: Teaching Therapeutic Writing in a Higher Education Context Claire Williamson Part III: Particapatory Research Chapter 8: Narrating Grief and Loss: A Writing-For-Wellbeing Study Katrin Den Elzen and Robert A. Neimeyer Part IV: Human Rights: Preserving Dignity and Writing-As-Resistance Chapter 9: Life Writing as Resistance: Human Rights Defender Behrouz Boochani and Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime Rahel Den Elzen and Adrienne Munro Chapter 10: A Black Woman’s Blog Posts: Writing for Personal and Social Empowerment and Healing Menah Pratt Chapter 11: Creative Writing, Reading and Queer Belonging: Gender Insubordination in the American Deep South Dallas Baker Part V: Voicing Identity Chapter 12: Doctors Hold Untold Stories too: Writing the Self in Medicine and Health as an Act of Self-Care Anne Taylor Chapter 13: Memoir and Reader Perception: The Reader-Author Relationship Katrin Den Elzen"ReviewsDen Elzen and Lengelle have gathered experts from a range of disciplines and perspectives to illustrate the depth and breadth of Writing-for-well-being as a means of addressing human experience to facilitate growth. The scope is inspiring. In particular, authors address writing as an approach to trauma, loss and fear which beset modern society. At last we have a book that brings together current research, theory and practice with the authority to show that this field has come of age. It will inspire practitioners, writers, therapists and individuals to take up the pen and begin to understand more deeply the experiences that make them who they are. Kate Thompson, Existential Therapist and author of Therapeutic Journal Writing: an introduction for professionals Den Elzen and Lengelle give a clear guide to illuminating our lives by writing its stories. They guide us through the theory and practice of developmental reflective writing: we do not learn from experience alone, but from what we do with it afterwards. We are inspired to restore (re-story) our relationship with ourselves, with others and with our world. A life-enhancing process: we learn, in this writing, to 'tread softly'. Dr. Gillie Bolton, author of The Writer's Key: Creative Solutions for Life and co-founder of Lapidus A comprehensive, passionate blend of the theory and practice of Writing-for-wellbeing that offers a rich expanse of diverse international writing from practitioners and academics who are using, researching, developing, and teaching creative practices such as poetry, memoir, or autobiographical writing to support recovery and promote personal growth. This book makes an important contribution to a rapidly growing body of knowledge, bringing together current research of personal and social transformation through the use of writing. Dr. Kim Etherington, Professor Emerita of Narrative and Life Story Research, University of Bristol, UK. Author of 'Becoming a reflexive researcher: using ourselves in research': Jessica Kingsley Publishers Writing-for-wellbeing teaches us in a sublime way how re-storying significant losses processes the event and restores wellbeing. The book is an ideal guide for creating meaning not only for the traumatized person but also for those seeking to address change and transition. A truly dialogical achievement! Dr. Hubert Hermans, Narrative Psychologist and Researcher, Founder of Dialogical Self Theory and Professor Emeritus Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands This book transforms our day-to-day reality by embracing the power of writing, especially for those who have never considered themselves writers. It allows us to re-evaluate our interactions with the world around us and reinterpret our experiences through observation, self-exploration, reflection, creation, and healing. I'm especially inspired by this application to medicine wherein both patients and practitioners share in the illness narrative rather than place protective barriers between them. In so doing, writing invites the healing element of empathy while embracing, sharing, and joining in the shared human experience. Dr. Susan M. Wieczorek, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown That writing has the 'power to transform' and respond to 'individual and collective trauma' is well documented here. Den Elzen and Lengelle's book is a welcome addition to the growing field of Writing-for-Wellbeing. These chapters are generous offerings from experienced writers, scholars and practitioners who openly share their skills as facilitators and personal reflections as individuals healing themselves. The contributions explore an unexpectedly diverse range of applications and cast light on a wide variety of global settings. Writing-for-Wellbeing narrates the successes and celebrates new possibilities in this important area. Cheryl Moskowitz, author of The Psychodynamics of Writing, and co-founder of Lapidus Author InformationKatrin Den Elzen, PhD, is a research associate in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia and a Writing-for-wellbeing lecturer for graduate students in expressive art therapies, Murdoch University, Perth. She works as a grief counselor and Writing-for-wellbeing facilitator. Reinekke Lengelle, PhD, is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University, Canada and a researcher at The Hague University. Her book Writing the Self in Bereavement: A Story of Love, Spousal Loss, and Resilience won the Best Book Award for Ethnography in 2021 and the Qualitative Inquiry Book Award in 2022. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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