Writing therapy to writer…

Abstract

Many day centres run creative writing groups as a therapeutic exercise. Sadly, few of the staff involved have thought through how participants could make the transition from writing for therapy to participating in the wider community as a person who loves reading and writing. People who have used mental health services could utilise their writing as a means to develop contact and build friendship with people in the wider community who have had no prior contact with mental health services. Here is a collection of ideas about how that transition could be made.

Citation

Bates, P. (2000), "Writing therapy to writer…", A Life in the Day, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/13666282200000017