| Description |
xvii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Section One Maps -- 1. Preparing for the journey -- What this book is and how to use it -- 2. Why take the journey? -- The rationale for personal and professional journal keeping -- 3. Preparing for the adventure -- Essential theory -- 4. Starting out: How to write reflectively -- Practical, straightforward help on starting to write -- 5. Writing to identify prejudice -- Culture, assumptions and stereotypes -- Section Two Navigation -- 6. With company or travelling alone? -- Writing with others, whether in writing groups, online or to an imagined audience -- 7. Writing the past -- Autobiographical memories -- 8. Here and now: Writing the present -- Focuses on current experiences and relationships, both personal and professional -- 9. Looking back to look forward: Writing the future -- Focuses on using imagination to envisage the future -- Section Three Signposts -- 10. Getting stuck: How to deal with blocks, overcoming obstacles and general difficulties -- How to develop hope and resilience -- 11. Supervision, reflexive and reflective writing -- Reflective practice is one of the cornerstones of professional therapeutic relationships -- 12. Assessment -- Signposts for assessing personal development writing -- 13. Arrivals and continuing the journey -- Reflective writing for CPD; essential questions |
| Summary |
Reflective Writing in Counselling and Phychotherapy will provide you with a straightforward route in, telling you all you need to know about writing reflectively for your own personal and professional development. Offering staged exercises, case-studies, examples and ideas for self-directed learning, this book will lead the reader along an exciting journey of written self-awareness |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-200) and index |
| Subject |
Counseling.
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Creative writing -- Therapeutic use.
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Psychotherapy.
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Counseling -- methods.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Writing.
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| Author |
Bolton, Gillie, author
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| LC no. |
2011936865 |
| ISBN |
0857023276 (hbk.) |
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0857023284 (paperback) |
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9780857023278 (hbk.) |
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9780857023285 (paperback) |
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