Writing for wellbeing : theory, research, and practice / edited by Katrin Den Elzen and Reinekke Lengelle.
| Other author | Den Elzen, Katrin, editor. |
| Other author | Lengelle, Reinekke, 1970- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Taylor & Francis |
| Subjects |
| Contents | When your partner dies : a conversation about writing and post-traumatic growth in widowhood -- Poetry and connection : encounter, surprise, and dialogue -- "The write road" to self-discovery, recovery, and growth -- Managing life writing and trauma : a reflection -- The self as chambered nautilus : discovering the healing power of writing as a graduate student -- Writing as an antidepressant in a pandemic -- Teaching therapeutic writing in a higher education context -- Narrating grief and loss : a writing-for-wellbeing study -- Life writing as resistance : human rights defender behrouz boochani and Australia's offshore detention regime -- A black woman's blog posts : writing for personal and social empowerment and healing -- Creative writing, reading, and queer belonging : gender insubordination in the American Deep South -- Doctors hold untold stories too : writing the self in medicine and health as an act of self-care -- Memoir and reader perception : the reader-author relationship. |
| Abstract | "Writing can support our wellbeing under the most difficult of life circumstances, helping us to adapt to significant change and to make sense of loss. Numerous Expressive Writing studies have confirmed this and methodologies for practice underpin its effectiveness. However, few detailed accounts have previously offered explanations of how and why putting pen to paper can be so beneficial. This book of 14 chapters enters the landscape of Writing-for-wellbeing: it demonstrates the transformative power of writing in a wide range of contexts. Topics include how two young widows used writing to foster post-traumatic growth, the empowerment and healing potential of Black women's blogs, playwriting exploring LGBTQ identities and queer belonging, how writing helps the newly literate give voice to their trauma in the Australian outback, and how the smuggled writing of Behrouz Boochani gave the world access to the voice of refugees held in offshore detention. This resource discusses the theory and research at the foundation of writing and poetry as a therapeutic and reconstructive practice. It aims to make the topic accessible and affirms its key place alongside visual arts and music-based therapies. This book contains individual and global perspectives, addressing at its core the ubiquitous nature of trauma in our culture and the potential for its reshaping. This volume is a holistic and inspiring resource for those who would use or teach Writing-for-wellbeing"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Katrin 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. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Writing for wellbeing New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032163161 |
| LCCN | 2022058853 |
| ISBN | 9781003248026 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1003248020 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000886696 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000886697 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000886735 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000886733 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781003248026 |
| Stock number | 9781003248026 Taylor & Francis |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |