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Therapeutic Dimensions of Autobiography in Creative Writing

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This work aims to bring together theory and practice from psychoanalysis, literary and cultural studies and the growing field of creative writing studies. The book also seeks to highlight the importance of autobriography as an opening into fiction writing but as a powerful therapeutic tool. The author discusses how autobiographical fiction can be used in therapeutic work by art therapists, psychotherapists and creative writing tutors, as well as in personal development by writers of any kind. She draws up guidelines for a successful course on autobiography and creative writing and presents case studies and practical ideas for writing about the self. In addition, the book explores how writing autobiographical fiction can help people to explore significant events and relationships in their lives.
Part 1: finding a writing voice: the notion of 'writing voice'; autobiography and creative writing - the creative writing course; therapeutic dimensions of finding a writing voice; the dual role of the creative writing course. Part 2: fioctionalising ourselves: writing and self-exposure; using oneself as a first person narrator - Sarah's story; Karen Horney's idea of inner conflicts; Sarah's story from the Horneyan point of view; using oneself as a fictional character - Jane's story; towards a Horneyan understanding of problems of shelving the critical faculty; therapeutic dimensions of ficitonalising ourselves. Part 3: fictionalising our significant others: the voices of others in our personal narratives; finding a voice for our parents and siblings - Jennifer's story; therapeutic dimensions of the 'dual voice'; finding a form for a fragmented identity - Jessica's story; becoming author of our personal narratives; fictional autobiography and narrative therapy. Part 4: fictional autobiography in self-therapy and psychotherapy; fictions of self in autobiography and psychotherapy; the possibilities of a psychoanalytic autobiography; the question of transference: writers as readers of their own texts; writing versus speaking in therapy; fictional autobiography in self-therapy and psychotherapy.
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