Writing Away the Demons

Writing Away the Demons:

Stories of Creative Coping

Through Transformative Writing

        This new book illustrates writing as a tool of psychological survival. What a courageous act -- to tell the story, to write the poem, to face up to grief, anger, and shame: to ultimately choose a creative channel to manage and regulate one’s emotions.

         These men and women whose stories are featured took to their journals instead of reacting with the more usual stress responses (fight, flight, or freeze). As a result, they were able to minimize disorientation, numbness, and emotional discomfort. Some authors in Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping Through Transformative Writing were able to write their stories on their own. Others enlisted the therapist/author's aid to guide the process. All of the writers harnessed the restorative capacity of writing to cope creatively-and ultimately, banish or make peace-- with their demons.

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     Artist: Malka Michaela Barshishat

Now Available at Amazon (click here)

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