We have known for some time the link between words, writing and well-being, and practitioners have been deploying alternative approaches for years (e.g. counsellors, psychotherapists, artists, poets, NLP practitioners, hypnotists, etc).
Indeed, Bakhtin, Lacan, Zizek, all point to varying levels of self-authorship to write one's identities and ways of being - and that these have consequences on how we relate to and engage in the world (and of course, therefore, implications for well-being).
What sources, if any, summarise this empirical or practical work? What sources bring the different perspectives or occupational groups together?
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Name much like CSR, CSI, Sustainability been booming as a generic academic term/title in UK particularly and now creeping into the name of Department's and Faculties in England. Take a look at the Open University's, School of Health, Well Being and Social Care. May well be useful to look at Faculty research interests.
Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich (1971) is still a useful point of reference for work in this area. Enjoy
G. Lowe - Health related effects of creative and expressing writing- Health Edu 2006
J Warren, MM Morgan,...- Breathing words slowly: creative writing and couselor self-care the writing workout-Journal of Creativity-Taylor & Francis 2010
JW Pennebaker- Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process- 1997 Sage
As a teacher of Medical Humanities, the process of creative writing and wellbeing is an interesting topic
More recent publications:
A.Patterson et al - Medical Humanities, a closer look at learning - MH 2016
Charlotte Blease - In defence of utility: the Medical Humanities and the Medical education - MH 2016
Thank you Tony, best wishes!
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