Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping through Transformative Writing
Dr. Sherry Reiter, one of the pioneers in poetry therapy, is a uniquely gifted writer, practitioner, and educator. Her writing speaks to the heart in a sensitive yet disciplined manner and is compelling because it draws from real life professional experience. In essence, Dr. Reiter s artistic approach to writing is research of the highest order, filling a significant gap in the professional literature. --Nicholas Mazza, Editor of The Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education<br /><br />In these remarkable stories, we bear witness to the transformation of pain into power. Sherry Reiter makes an undeniable case for writing as a way through human suffering, with case studies that are nearly archetypal. . . . A vital and necessary contribution to the literature of therapeutic writing. --Kathleen Adams, author, Journal to the Self and The Way of the Journal<br /><br />There is abundant scientific evidence that expressive writing is a profound way to affect health and well-being. Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping Through Transformative Writing is a stellar example of everyday people discovering this truth first-hand. Along with this, Dr. Reiter is keenly sensitive to the way sharing our stories reveal soul and the remarkable resilience of human beings. --John Fox, author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-making President, The Institute for Poetic MedicineIn these remarkable stories, we bear witness to the transformation of pain into power. Sherry Reiter makes an undeniable case for writing as a way through human suffering, with case studies that are nearly archetypal. . . . A vital and necessary contribution to the literature of therapeutic writing. --Kathleen Adams, author, Journal to the Self and The Way of the JournalDr. Sherry Reiter, one of the pioneers in poetry therapy, is a uniquely gifted writer, practitioner, and educator. Her writing speaks to the heart in a sensitive yet disciplined manner and is compelling because it draws from real life professional experience. In essence, Dr. Reiter s artistic approach to writing is research of the highest order, filling a significant gap in the professional literature. --Nicholas Mazza, Editor of The Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education