Write Your Self Well... Journal Your Self to Health - Softcover

Albert, Ina; Keithley, Zoe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975319604 ISBN 13: 9780975319604

Publisher: Mountain Greenery Press, 2004

Synopsis

Write Your Self Well...Journal Your Self to Health is the book that heals. Chosen by Arts & Healing Network as one of the six best journals for healing in 2005, the book introduces a new, easy way to journal designed specifically for people suffering from illness and stress and for use by healthcare professionals. It is based on over 25 years of medical research demonstrating that journaling can boost physical and mental health and speed recovery.

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About the Author

Ina Albert, APR, APRP, has been a healthcare communications administrator and consultant for acute care, community and psychiatric hospitals, experiential therapists, alternative practices, nursing homes, and behavioral health organizations. She developed and facilitated workshops for healthcare providers, clinical staff, business groups and individuals in vision management and interpersonal communication skills. More recently, she has been leading Life Transition and Vital Aging workshops for older adults. Ms. Albert is a certified seminar leader for Spiritual Eldering Institute in Boulder, CO, and for Private Paths, Common Ground, a life transitions workshop created through Midway Center for Creative Imagination in Washington, DC. In addition to her work in healthcare communications, she has directed healthcare marketing and public relations programs and has written numerous articles on healthcare communications, patient relations and alternative medicine for major health care publications including Conscious Choice and Strategic Healthcare Marketing Newsletter. Ms. Albert also has published several short stories in Chicago Parent Magazine and Hudson Valley Magazine. A graduate of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, she has completed graduate studies in Foundations of Holistic Health at De Paul University in Chicago.

Zoe Keithley, MATW, is also a Master Teacher of the renowned Story Workshop® approach to writing at Columbia College, and the Story Workshop® Institute, both in Chicago. She served as writing workshop director and archivist for the Tell Your Story Project for the City of Chicago. Her training in the Story Workshop® approach and over twenty years as a tutor and teacher, as a writer of prose and poetry give her a deep foundation that is theoretical, experiential and practical. As a writing specialist for fourteen years for the Chicago Teachers’ Center, she brought the evocative, energizing and dependable principles of her training to teachers and students in Chicago’s public schools, applying them to the needs of that varied population and documenting raised scores. She published break-through research on Voice in the Journal of Basic Writing, and has presented at numerous academic and professional conferences and events. Ms. Keithley is a prize-winning fiction writer and poet. She coaches, teaches, and edits privately through Zoe Keithley Writing Services. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Washington, D.C. and Columbia College, Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mountain Greenery Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975319604
• ISBN 13: 9780975319604
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224