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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783323203321

Autore

Pritchard Jacki

Titolo

Can you read me? [[electronic resource] ] : creative writing with child and adult victims of abuse / / Jacki Pritchard and Eric Sainsbury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2004

ISBN

1-280-26674-0

9786610266746

1-4237-1061-4

1-84642-054-7

Edizione

[1st American pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SainsburyEric Edward

Disciplina

616.85/822306

Soggetti

Abused children - Rehabilitation

Adult child abuse victims - Rehabilitation

Creative writing - Therapeutic use

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Can You Read Me?: Creative Writing with Child and Adult Victims of Abuse; Acknowledgements; Contents; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK; A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS; 1. What It's All About; 2. Issues and Practicalities in Preparing the Book; 3. The Projects; 4. Themes from the Interviews with the Writers; 5. Using Poetry 1: Poems Presented by the Younger Adults; 6. Using Poetry 2: Poems Presented by the Other Adults; 7. Using Journals; 8. Using Stories 1: Adults; 9. Using Stories 2: Children; 10. Endings and Beginnings; 11. Exercises for Adult Victims; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX

AUTHOR INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents poems, stories and journal work spontaneously written by people, young and old, who have suffered serious abuse. The editors' explanations and commentaries suggest how health and social care workers can facilitate creative writing as a potential contribution to emotional healing in work with both individuals and small groups. In addition to individual contributors, the book records



the activities of groups developed by Barnardos for children and young people and by Beyond Existing for adults. Although not written as a training manual per se , the book offers photocopiable ex