Writing well : creative writing and mental health / Deborah Philips, Liz Linington and Debra Penman.

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. Although people with emotional or psychological problems can find creative writing particularly difficult and unsettling, when writing courses are sensitively designed they are known to be of therapeutic benefit to people with mental health problems. The exercises are taken from authors' successful practice with groups of people from a range of backgrounds in a variety of settings.