Celia Hunt discusses how autobiographical fiction can be used in therapeutic work by art therapists, psychotherapists and creative writing tutors, as well as in personal development by writers of any kind. She draws up guidelines for a successful course on creative writing, and presents case studies and practical ideas for writing about the self.
Celia Hunt discusses how autobiographical fiction can be used in therapeutic work by art therapists, psychotherapists and creative writing tutors, as well as in personal development by writers of any kind. She draws up guidelines for a successful course on creative writing, and presents case studies and practical ideas for writing about the self.
Part I: Finding a Writing Voice. 1. The notion of `writing voice'. 2. My creative writing course - `Autobiography and the imagination'. 3. Therapeutic dimensions of finding a writing voice. 4. The dual role of the creative writing course. Part II: Fictionalising Ourselves 5. Writing and self-exposure. 6. Using oneself as a first person narrator - Sarah's story. 7. Karen Horney's theory of inner conflicts. 8. Sarah's story from the Horneyan point of view. 9. Using oneself as a fictional character - Jane's story. 10. Problems of shelving the critical faculty: A Horneyan understanding. 11. Therapeutic dimensions of fictionalising ourselves. Part III: Fictionalising Significant People in Our Lives. 12. The voices of others in our personal narratives. 13. Finding a voice for our parents and siblings. - Jennifer's story. 14. Therapeutic dimensions of the `dual voice'. 15. Finding a form for a fragmented identity - Jessica's story. 16. Becoming authors of our personal narratives. 17. Fictional autobiography and narrative therapy. Part IV: Fictional Autobiography in Self-therapy and Psychotherapy. 18. Fictions of the self in autobiography and psychotherapy. 19. The possibilities of a psychoanalytic autobiography. 20. The question of transference: Writers as readers of their own texts. 21. Writing versus speaking in therapy. 22. Fictional autobiography in self-therapy and psychotherapy. Conclusions: Tensions between `Writing as Art' and `Writing as Therapy'? Appendix: Reflections on the Research. References. Index.
Part I: Finding a Writing Voice. 1. The notion of `writing voice'. 2. My creative writing course - `Autobiography and the imagination'. 3. Therapeutic dimensions of finding a writing voice. 4. The dual role of the creative writing course. Part II: Fictionalising Ourselves 5. Writing and self-exposure. 6. Using oneself as a first person narrator - Sarah's story. 7. Karen Horney's theory of inner conflicts. 8. Sarah's story from the Horneyan point of view. 9. Using oneself as a fictional character - Jane's story. 10. Problems of shelving the critical faculty: A Horneyan understanding. 11. Therapeutic dimensions of fictionalising ourselves. Part III: Fictionalising Significant People in Our Lives. 12. The voices of others in our personal narratives. 13. Finding a voice for our parents and siblings. - Jennifer's story. 14. Therapeutic dimensions of the `dual voice'. 15. Finding a form for a fragmented identity - Jessica's story. 16. Becoming authors of our personal narratives. 17. Fictional autobiography and narrative therapy. Part IV: Fictional Autobiography in Self-therapy and Psychotherapy. 18. Fictions of the self in autobiography and psychotherapy. 19. The possibilities of a psychoanalytic autobiography. 20. The question of transference: Writers as readers of their own texts. 21. Writing versus speaking in therapy. 22. Fictional autobiography in self-therapy and psychotherapy. Conclusions: Tensions between `Writing as Art' and `Writing as Therapy'? Appendix: Reflections on the Research. References. Index.
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