Full Description
In Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists, and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing, more than 50 coaches, therapists, and journaling experts from around the world share their best practices and explain in detail how they use journaling to improve their work with clients.
This edited collection brings together the leading voices of the journaling world into one ground-breaking volume, providing practical techniques and tools to use with clients. Applicable and accessible, over 50 journaling luminaries share their experiences and insights across eight sections, including the logic of journaling, techniques and applications, using journaling with clients, journaling in groups, journaling for mental health and wellness, growth and healing, spirituality, creativity, and more. Through theoretical and practical applications, it illustrates the transformational process of journaling in helping clients grow, heal, and achieve their goals.
This book is essential reading for coaches, therapists, and other mental health professionals, as well as those interested in using personal writing for growth and self-awareness.
Contents
Part 1: The Logic of Journaling 1. A Therapist's Guide to Using Journaling with Clients 2. Journal Therapy: Foundations of Practice 3. How Journaling Benefits Your Coaching and Your Clients 4. Journaling Your Way to a More Authentic Life 5. The Focused Journal Method Part 2: Using Journaling with Clients 6. Journaling for Busy Coaches and Clients 7. 'Best Outcome' Journaling 8. The Power of the Weekly Check-in 9. Mindfulness Writing: A Background for Coaches 10. Patricia's Bold Journey from Confusion to Clarity Through Journaling 11. The Conflict Coaching Road Map for Journaling 12. Ideal Conversations Part 3: Journaling for Mental Health and Wellness 13. Creative Journaling for Self-Care 14. Writing Through Recovery 15. Journaling to Manage Anxiety 16. When the Words Won't Come - Journal Keeping Without Words 17. Journaling for Dating Anxiety 18. Amplified Journaling Part 4: Journaling for Growth and Healing 19. Journaling Your Stories for Growth and Healing 20. The Dao of Expressive Writing to Heal 21. Writing to Your Future Self 22. Journaling and the Reinvention of the Self One Loop at a Time 23. Mindful Writing for Transformation 24. Visual Journaling: How to Create a Dialog With Your Subconscious Mind 25. Creating Change in Three Steps 26. The Trauma Sensitive Writing Process 27. Healing Organs through Nonverbal Color Journaling 28. Journaling for Coach and Therapist Self-Care Part 5: Spiritual and Nature Journaling 29. Meditate on Paper 30. Journaling and the Shadow 31. Journaling Through the Seasons 32. The Elements of Journaling 33. Nature Metaphors for Journaling and Therapeutic Writing Part 6: Journaling and Creativity 34. The Visioning® Process: Turning Dreams into Reality Through Collage and the Creative Journal Method (35. Weaving the Net: Journaling and Creative Productivity 36. Journaling with Your Inner Muse: 5 Simple Techniques to Overcome Creative Blocks 37. Altered Book Journaling: Re/voicing Re/finding of Self Part 7: Journaling with Groups and Leaders 38. Loving is a Creative Act: Facilitating the Four Practices of Writing Alone Together 39. Journaling in the Virtual Space 40. Journal Partners: Two People, Two Journals, More Benefits 41. The Women's Writing Circle: Creating a Community Space through Writing and Sharing 42. Expressing Feelings in the Virtual Journaling Group 43. Positive Vision Days for Busy Leaders: How a Longing Created a Vision 44. Journaling in Leadership Workshops Part 8: Techniques and Applications 45. Journaling as a Transformational Coaching Tool: 5 Powerful Journaling Exercises for Coaches and Clients 46. Spontaneous Writing for Reluctant Clients 47. Journaling with Poetry: Embracing Change Through Poetic Process 48. Refreshing Experience with the Most Powerful of Writing Craft Tools 49. Writing and Not Writing 50. More Journals, Fewer Lesson Plans: Using Reflective Journaling to Create School Culture 51. Journaling as a Tool in Coaching Clients Conclusion
