Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Therapeutic Storywriting -- 2 Principles of Therapeutic Storywriting -- 3 Subpersonalities and a Model of the Self -- 4 Working with Subpersonality Polarities -- 5 Setting up Therapeutic Storywriting Groups and Individual Sessions -- 6 Ways into Story and their Settings in Fantasy or External Reality -- 7 Receiving the Child's Story -- 8 The Teacher's Story -- 9 The Guided Imaginary Journey as a Way into Writing -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Literacy work can provide a therapeutic context in which to support children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in mainstream schools. This text provides a clear theoretical rationale for therapeutic storywriting