In this inspiring book, based on her twenty years of research, highly
acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of
writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the
emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life.
Contrary to what most self-help books claim, just writing won't help
you; in fact, there's abundant evidence that the wrong kind of writing
can be damaging.
DeSalvo's program is based on the best available and most recent
scientific studies about the efficacy of using writing as a restorative
tool. With insight and wit, she illuminates how writers, from Virginia
Woolf to Henry Miller to Audre Lorde to Isabel Allende, have been
transformed by the writing process. Writing as a Way of Healing
includes valuable advice and practical techniques to guide and inspire
both experienced and beginning writers.