Book Review
Therapeutic Storywriting
Trisha Waters
ISBN 1 84312 116 6
David Fulton Publishers
Reviewed by the
Editor of 'Play for Life' April 2006
Trisha Waters is a lecturer in Educational Counselling and
Therapeutic teaching. She has worked as a SENCO and class teacher in both
special and mainstream schools; and is also a trained psychosynthesis
therapist.
Play Therapists normally use therapeutic storytelling on a
one-to-one basis. Interactive storytelling is also used, often in groups. We
know that writing and drawing can be valuable therapeutic outlets. So a book
combining all of these elements has a great deal of promise. There is an
increasing amount of interest in improving emotional literacy in schools. This
is to be applauded but it is attracting a variety of approaches some of which
are therapeutically sound others are not. Hence an extended review to consider
not only the content of the book but the wider issues that are raised.