Reading List – updated 24th October 2019
Required texts for Training in Poetry Therapy
Books
Adams, Kathleen (1990), Journal to the Self. New York Grand Central Publishing
Chavis, Geri (2011), Poetry and Story Therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Chavis, Geri & Weisberger, Lila (2003), The Healing Fountain: Poetry Therapy for Life’s Journey. St Cloud MN: North Star Press
Fox, John (1997), Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making. New York: Tarchner/Putnam
Heller, Peggy (2009) Word Arts Collage: A Poetry Therapy Memoir
Hynes, Arleen & Hynes-Berry, Mary (1994) Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process, A Handbook. St Cloud MN: North Star Press
Lauer, Roger (1978) ‘Abuses of Poetry Therapy’ in Lerner, Arthur Poetry in the Therapeutic Experience pp. 72-80, New York: Pergamon Press
Mazza, Nicholas (2003) Poetry Therapy: Theory and Practice. New York: Brunner-Routledge
Reiter, Sherry (2009) Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping through Transformative Writing. St Cloud MN: North Star Press
Journals
Journal of Poetry Therapy, Nicholas Mazza ed. Taylor Francis, available through membership of NAPT, or individual subscription
Victoria Field Recommended Texts:
Abnormal psychology / Mental health / Positive psychology
Grosz, Stephen, (2013), The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves. London: Chatto and Windus
Leader, Darian (2012), What is Madness. London: Hamish Hamilton
Leader, Darian, (2013), Strictly Bipolar. London: Penguin
Solomon, Andrew (2014), Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity. London: Vintage
Aging
MacLaverty, Bernard (2017) Midwinter Break London:Vintage (novel)
Hollis, James (2001) Creating a Life: Finding your individual path Toronto: Inner City Books
Aspergers / Autism
Higashida, Naoki trans. KA Yoshida and David Mitchell (2013) The Reason I Jump. London: Sceptre
May, Katherine (2018) The Electricity of Every Living Thing. London: Trapeze
Bibliotherapy
Knights, Ben (1995), The Listening Reader: Fiction and Poetry for Counsellors and Psychotherapists. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Miller, Andy (2014) The Year of Reading Dangerously. London: 4th Estate
Hunt, Celia & Sampson, Fiona (2006) Writing – Self and Reflexivity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Creative Writing
Herring, Laraine (2007) Writing Begins with the Breath: Finding Your Authentic Voice. Boston: Shambhala
Koch, Kenneth (1997) I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing to Old People.New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative
Wilson, Anthony (1998) The Poetry Book for Primary Schools. London: The Poetry Society
Creativity
Cameron, Julia (1995) The Artist’s Way. London: Pan
Dementia
James, Oliver (2008) Contented Dementia. London: Vermillion
Jellebi, Joseph (2017) In Pursuit of Memory – The Fight Against Alzheimers. London: John Murray
Kitwood, Tom (1997) Dementia Reconsidered. London: Open University Press
Depression
Brampton, Sally (2018), Shoot the Damn Dog. London: Bloomsbury
Gask, Linda (2015) The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist’s Memoir of Depression. Chichester: Summersdale
Haig, Matt (2016) Reasons to Stay Alive. Edinburgh: Canongate
Kelly, Rachel (2014) Black Rainbow London: Yellow Kite Books.
Lewis, Gwyneth (2006) Sunbathing in the Rain. London: Harper Perennial
Ecotherapy
Ayot, William (2015) Re-enchanting the forest : meaningful ritual in a secular world. Bristol: Vala
Blackie, Sharon (2016) If Women Rose Rooted: the power of the Celtic Woman. September Publishing
Cowan, Rob (2015) Common Ground. London: Hutchinson
Mabey, Richard (2010) A Brush With Nature. London: BBC Books
Ethics
McEwan, Ian(2014) The Children Act. London: Vintage (novel)
Expressive Writing / Journalling / Journal Therapy
Brande, Dorothea (1934) Becoming a Writer. New York: Tarcher Putnam.
Pennebaker, James (1990) Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions. New York: Guildford Press.
Goldberg, Natalie (1986) Writing Down the Bones. Boston: Shambhala.
Goldberg, Natalie (1996) Room to Write. New York: Tarcher Putnam.
Forgiveness
Tutu, Desmond & Mpho (2014) The Book of Forgiving: The fourfold path for healing ourselves and our world London: Harper Collins
Illness, Death, Dying, Mortality
Cockburn, Patrick and Henry (2011) Henry’s Demons. London: Vintage
Gross, Kate (2015) Late Fragments: Everything I want to tell you about this magnificent life London: Harper Collins
Helman, Cecil (2006) Suburban Shaman London: Hammersmith Press
Inge, Denise (2014) A Tour of Bones: facing fear and looking for life. London: Bloomsbury
Katz, Renee S. & Johnson, Therese A. (eds). (2016) When Professionals Weep – Emotional and Countertransference Responses in Palliative and End of Life Care. London: Routledge
Jungian Psychology
Shinoda Bolen, Jean (2014) Goddesses in Everyman. London: Harper Collins.
Shinoda Bolen, Jean (2014) Goddesses in Everywoman. London: Harper Collins.
Loss and Grief
Abse, Dannie (2007) The Presence. London: Hutchinson.
Beard, Richard (2018) The Day that Went Missing: A Family Tragedy. London: Vintage.
Weller, Francis (2015) The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books
Poetry collections about grief, loss, bereavement, dying:
Helen Dunmore Inside the Wave
Douglas Dunn Elegies
Donald Hall The Painted Bed
Carrie Etter Imagined Sons
Karen McCarthy Woolf An Aviary of Small Birds
Max Porter Grief is the thing with feathers
Christopher Reid A Scattering
Denise Riley Say Something Back
Penelope Shuttle Redgrove’s Wife
Penelope Shuttle Sandgrain and Hourglass
Claire Williamson Ride On
Medical Humanities
Kirklin, Deborah & Richardson, Ruth (2001) Medical Humanities: A Practical Introduction. London: Royal College of Physicians
Mindfulness
Jamie, Kathleen (2005) Findings London: Sort Of Books
Jamie, Kathleen (2012) Sightlines London: Sort Of Books
Kabat-Zinn (1994) Wherever You Go, There You Are. London: Piatkus
Williams, Mark & Penman, Danny (2011) Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world. London: Piatkus
Parenting
Daum, Meghan Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed – Sixteen Writers on the Decision NOT to have Kids New York: Picador
Poetry (theories)
Heaney, Seamus Feeling Into Words – available here https://boginsdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/feeling-into-words.pdf
Poetry Anthologies
Alma, Deborah (2015) The Emergency Poet: Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology. London: Michael O’Mara Books
Astley, Neil & Robertson-Pearce, Pamela (eds.) (2007) Soul Food: Nourishing Poems for Starved Minds. Tarset: Bloodaxe
Astley, Neil (ed.) (2012) Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy Tarset: Bloodaxe
Housden, Roger (ed.) (2003) Ten Poems to Open Your Heart. London: Hodder and Stoughton
Sieghart, William (ed.) (2017) The poetry pharmacy : tried-and-true prescriptions for the heart, mind and soul. UK : Particular Books
Project Anthologies
Field, Victoria & Ansari, Zeeba (2010), Prompted to Write (2nd edition). Truro: fal publications
Ross, Carol (ed.) (2012) Words for Wellbeing. Penrith: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Schools
Clanchy, Kate (2019) Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me. London: Picador
Self-Help
Baker, Dan & Stauth, Cameron (2003), What Happy People Know. London: Element/Harper Collins
Burkeman, Oliver (2011), Help! How to become slightly happier and get a bit more done. Edinburgh: Canongate
Jeffers, Susan ()Feel the Fear
Peters, Steve ( ) The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness. London: Vermilion
Sexuality
Turner, Luke (2019) Out of the Woods. London: W&N
Spirituality
Jamison, Abbot Christopher (2006), Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life. London: Orion
Story Telling
Kornfield, Jack & Feldman, Christina (eds) (1996) Soul Food, Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart. New York: HarperCollins.
Pinkola Estes, Clarissa (2008) Women Who Run With the Wolves. London: Rider.
Therapeutic Writing
Bolton, Gillie (1999), The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Bolton, Gillie, Field, Victoria, Thompson, Kate (2006), Writing Works – A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Bolton, Gillie, Field, Victoria, Thompson, Kate (2010), Writing Routes – A Resource Handbook of Therapeutic Writing. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Hedges, Diana (2005), Poetry, Therapy & Emotional Life. Abingdon Oxon: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Killick, John & Schneider, Myra (2010) Writing Your Self: Transforming Personal Material. London: Continuum
Moss, Jane (2012) Writing in Bereavement: A Creative Handbook. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Sampson, Fiona (ed.) (2004) Creative Writing in Health and Social Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Therapy
Jourard, Sidney M. (1971, original 1964) The Transparent Self. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Trauma
van der Kolk, Bessel (2015) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. London: Penguin
Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2006) Shattered Lives : Children Who Live With Courage and Dignity. London: Jessica Kingsley
