Kate ThompsonTherapeutic Journal Writing
An Introduction for Professionals
Kate Thompson MA is a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor and Supervisor in private practice. She runs training courses in Journal Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, and is a faculty member of the Center for Journal Therapy in Colorado, USA, where she also trained. She is a professional member of Lapidus, the national UK organisation for the literary arts and personal development. She is co-editor, with Gillie Bolton and Victoria Field, of Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities and Writing Routes: A Resource Handbook of Therapeutic Writing, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Kathleen Adams, Center for Journal Therapy,
USA. Preface. Part 1. Understanding the basics. Introduction. 1. Preparing
for therapeutic journal writing. 2. Using therapeutic journal writing in
practice settings. Part 2. Structured techniques. 3. Beginnings and
endings. 4. Lists. 5. Stepping stones. 6. Description and deeper. Part 3.
Less structured techniques. 7. Journal dialogues. 8. Unsent letters. 9.
Perspectives. 10. Opening up. Part 4. Applications for practice. 11. What
works for whom? 12. Journal writing in professional supervision. Afterword.
List of journal prompts. About the author: A personal journey from diary to
therapeutic journal writing. References. Index.
