{"product_id":"the-healing-power-of-writing-9780393708219","title":"The Healing Power of Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe healing benefits of writing can support traditional therapy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]his is a great book. The therapist who takes the time and energy to use these exercises as the author instructs should be rewarded with a more effective practice.\" -- The Therapist\u003cbr\u003e\"Borkin provides great case studies and research on the usefulness and healing power of writing . . . . [Journaling] has proven beneficial not only to [my clients] but also to myself, as I learn a great deal about the 'internal, hidden world' of the client. . . . Borkin does a good job lighting the way.\" -- PsychCentral\u003cbr\u003e\"[P]rovides a review of the process of therapeutic journaling and the benefits from its use, but goes beyond. . .by providing therapists with clear steps for introducing journaling to psychotherapy clients and pairing that with a treatment plan. . . . Psychotherapists who would consider this approach need this book’s clear direction on how to get the most from it.\" -- Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"[B]right and engaging. [Borkin] draws in her reader much as she must do with her clients, creating a warmth and intimacy that make this book a pleasure to read.\" -- The Eric Hoffer Award, Honorable Mention for Health\u003cbr\u003e\"Writing is a powerful method to help people get through difficult times. This is the first book that focuses on ways therapists can help their clients harness this powerful method.\" -- James W. Pennebaker, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas and author of Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent tool for therapists and their clients. Susan Borkin explains precisely how journaling can aid the therapeutic process and offers up practical exercises for addressing a wide variety of problems. Highly recommended.\" -- Eric Maisel, PhD, author of Secrets of a Creativity Coach and Why Smart People Hurt\u003cbr\u003e\"A therapeutic toolbox for every clinician’s desk, \u003cem\u003eThe Healing Power of Writing\u003c\/em\u003e provides accessible, evidenced-based, and clinically proven techniques for leading patients in writing for mental health and emotional well-being. Addressing everything from anxiety disorders, grief, and low self-esteem to addictions, eating disorders, and trauma, Borkin elucidates a clear, precise, and flexible guide to best practices for writing in therapy.\" -- John Evans, MAT, MA, EdD, Integrative Health Coach; Executive Director, Wellness \u0026amp; Writing Connections\u003cbr\u003e\"Psychotherapist Susan Borkin reveals how writing—simple, honest, moving, and direct, while also private and unedited—may be one of our best medicines, allowing us to meet self and other in deeper ways, resolve conflicts, ease stress and depression, and much more. From a solid research base to practical hints, stories, and examples, this book will change the lives of both clients and therapists.\" -- Ruth Richards, MD, PhD, Saybrook University, San Francisco, and Harvard Medical School; editor of Everyday Creativity and New Views of Human Nature\u003cbr\u003e\"Borkin masterfully presents us with the gift of her accumulated clinical discoveries about writing for psychological well-being. She takes us on a kaleidoscopic tour of the practicalities and possibilities of writing to deeply enrich, understand, and change our lives. Although written primarily for clinicians, both therapists and non-therapists alike will discover a feast of original and useful expressive writing ideas.\" -- Ruth Folit, designer\/producer of LifeJournal software and founder\/director of the International Association for Journal Writing\u003cbr\u003e\"While writers have always intuitively known about the healing power of writing, studies now prove that writing actually does heal. Susan Borkin’s new book, \u003cem\u003eThe Healing Power of Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, is a clear, practical, step-by-step guide for therapists who want to integrate journaling into their clients’ treatment.\" -- Bill O’Hanlon, author of Change 101","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402019447127,"sku":"9780393708219","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393708219.jpg?v=1730479155","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-healing-power-of-writing-9780393708219","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}