The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself - Softcover

Capacchione, Lucia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564145387 ISBN 13: 9781564145383

Publisher: New Page Books, 2001

Synopsis

A recognized classic in the field of art therapy and creativity, this book is a perfect guide to discovering and releasing your inner potential through writing and drawing. It contains over 50 writing and drawing exercises to help you find and love one's self, get in touch with ones' feelings, and dreams. It will also show you how to: * Play with new media of expression (color, images, symbols) * Sort out the seemingly random experiences in your life. * Deal with creative blocks to get a clearer picture of your potential and how to use it. * Define and implement changes. * Enrich your relationship with yourself and others Written for both novice and veteran journal keeper, as well as group leaders and counselors, it is a visually stunning book illustrated by the author, her students and clients.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucia Capacchione is the bestselling author of The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself, Recovery of Your Inner Child, and many other Creative Journal Method books for recovery, healing, and life planning. Her work and professional training program have found an international audience, and her books have been translated into multiple languages.

Review:

“The process of healing is the product, and her work guides us in the process, presenting us with tools for change.”—Bernie S. Siegel, author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon’s Experience with Exceptional Patients

“Beginning with The Creative Journal, Capacchione has been a powerful champion of the therapeutic potential of keeping one’s own drawing journal.... In [her books] she discusses her personal journey and how journaling has facilitated her growth and development.... This intimate touch engages readers and offers them permission to tell their stories through working in their journals.”—Art Therapy

“I think both drawing and writing encourage a fundamental need that we have for self-expression. There may be an added benefit to writing in that it translates experiences into language—which helps the person to resolve a trauma more quickly.”—James W. Pennebaker, author of Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval

“Lucia Capacchione’s workshop was a powerful tool on my healing journey. She shares her insights and gives you the opportunity to heal your relationship with your inner child.”—Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life

“[Capacchione] not only helps to bring out the best, but helps to discover that there is a best that is worth bringing out.”—Norman Cousins, author of Anatomy of an Illness

About this edition

• Publisher: New Page Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1564145387
• ISBN 13: 9781564145383
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 201