Linda Myers

The Power of Memoir

How to Write Your Healing Story

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Produktbeschreibung

A groundbreaking work for healing long-term emotional problemsThe Power of Memoir is a pioneering how-to book that provides a new step-by-step program to use memoir writing as a therapeutic process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780470508367
• ISBN-10: 0470508361
• Artikelnr.: 27135123

Autorenporträt

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., is president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and a practicing psychotherapist. She is the author of Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment, which won the Gold Medal Award from the Bay Area Independent Publishing Association in 2007.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword xi
by Kathleen Adams
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part 1 Eight Steps to Writing a Healing Memoir 1
Step 1 Understanding Your Reasons for Writing 3
Step 2 Doing Your Research 16
Step 3 Planning Your Memoir 29
Step 4 The Psychology of Memoir Writing 48
Step 5 The Dark Stuff 65
Step 6 Organizing the Narrative Arc 79
Step 7 To Publish-or Not 98
Step 8 The Power of Writing to Heal 121
Part 2 Spirituality, Therapy, and Stories 145
Chapter 1 Spirituality, Meditation, and Inner Listening 147
Chapter 2 For Therapists Who Use the Healing Power of Memoir 156
Chapter 3 Stories from the Workshops 166
Epilogue 213
Resources 219
Recommended Reading 221
Reader's Guide 227
Bibliography 231
About the Author 237
Index 239