Poetry Therapy
Using poetry and journaling as part of therapy is growing in practice. Poetry therapy studies can be taken through various accredited organizations.
Using poetry and journaling as part of therapy is growing in practice. Poetry therapy studies can be taken through various accredited organizations.
Therapeutic writing is about using writing to find meaning in suffering, pain and trauma. Read More »Best 21 Books about Therapeutic Writing
I wrote these Mother Poems to attempt to process my mother’s relationship with me. The major question I had as a child was: “Why does my mother hate me?”
– Therapeutic Writing Resources – Did you know that writing offers healing benefits to those who use it consciously as a means of self-therapy? If you’re interested in learning about the emerging field of therapeutic writing, also known as developmental creative writing, expressive writing, and writing for wellness, here are just a few of our favourite therapeutic writing resources to… Read More »Therapeutic Writing Resources
A collection of therapeutic writing prompts from well-respected therapeutic writers and healers. These creative writing prompts, pulled from our favourite therapeutic writing books and articles, focus on both healing writing and on writing creatively. Feeling sad and interested in sad writing prompts? Looking to express your emotions? Then this is the right list for you. Read More »Therapeutic Writing Prompts
I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember. I started writing stories as soon as I learned to write Read More »Writing Therapy: Healing with Words
Here is a writing prompt, a set of seven questions that I was given at the start of my Writing the Self class Read More »Writing Prompt #1
Why Therapeutic Writing – by Kat McNichol – December 29, 2017. The study of therapeutic writing, also known as writing for wellness, expressive writing and developmental creative writing, has only lately arisen as a significant area of study. Despite it’s late arrival, research in the field quickly demonstrated that writing has positive health benefits (Pennebaker 164; Baikie and Wilhelm 338;… Read More »Why Therapeutic Writing?