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People
come to these sessions,
write, and then go
away to write more
fully, mainly on their
own. I can act as
lifestory consultant
or midwife, giving
feedback on what you
have done, helping
you consider the publication
process. Link to my
full CV and rates
here.
My
particular interest
is in writing for
healing — that
is, writing therapeutically,
often using images.
As such, I am a member
of LAPIDUS. (The
Association for the
Literary Arts in Personal
Development) and
have an advanced Diploma
in Counselling, as
well as an MA in Cultural
Studies.
I
derive my ideas for
this from mentors
such as Augusto Boal,
Liz Stanley and Jo
Spence – I worked
with the latter and
edited her book,
Cultural Sniping:
The art of transgression
(London: Routledge,
1995), after her death.
Dealing
therapeutically with
traumatic remembering,
particularly by people
with combat-related
post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), is
also one of my interests.
See:
'Shock therapy' (1998)
Nursing Times,
vol 94, no 46 (November
18).
'Involuntary Commemorations:
Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder and its Relationship
to Commemoration'
(2000) In: Ashplant,
T., Dawson, G., Roper,
M. (eds) The
Politics of War Memory
and Commemoration:
International Yearbook
of Oral History.
London: Routledge,
pp240-259.
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Hospices
My
writings
on lifestory
work in
hospices
includes
'Writing
for Healing'
(1997)
Hospice
Bulletin,
Vol 5,
no2 (July),
cover
and pp1-2.
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Marginalisation
and lifestory
To
read about
the intersections
of class,
gender,
race and
therapy
in lifestory
see the
following
articles
that I
have written:
'Handling
the Hidden
Injuries
of Race,
Class
and Gender'
(2001)
In: Swift,
J., Swift,
J., Davies,
T. (eds)
Disciplines,
Fields
and Changes
in Art
Education
(Vol 3):
Art Therapy,
Psychology
and Sociology.
West Midlands:
ARTicle
Press,
pp97-119.
ISBN 1873352433
( You
can buy
it online
from Central
Books
at www.centralbooks.co.uk/).
'Accounting
for our
Days'
(1995)
In: Solomon,
J. (ed.)
What
Can a
Woman
Do With
a Camera.
London:
Scarlet
Press,
pp17-28
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'Class
Conflicts'
(1987),
with Billie
Hunter,
Margaret
Quigley
and Jennifer
Wallace.
In: Chester,
G., Nielsen,
S. (eds)
In
Other
Words:
Writing
as a feminist.
London:
Hutchinson,
pp167-173.
I
consider
the Federation
of Worker
Writers
and Community
Publishers,
to which
I belong,
as a crucial
force
in enabling
working-class
writing
to emerge.
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Academic
life
The
psychic
tensions
of academic
life for
creative
and marginalised
people
are one
of my
concerns.
I was
a member
of the
Educated
Working
Class
Women's
Group
1990-95
and co-founder
of the
Creative
Academics
group
at Lancaster
Univserity
(2000-2001).
My writing
includes:
'To
Celeb-rate
and Not
to Be-moan’
(1997)
In: Zmroceck,
C., Mahoney,
P. (eds)
Class
Matters:
Working-class
women’s
perspectives
on social
class.
London:
Taylor
&
Francis,
pp175-189.
'Pain(t)
for healing:
The academic
conference
and the
classed/embodied
self'
(1995)
In: Morley,
L., Walsh,
V. (eds)
Feminist
Academics,
Creative
agents
for change.
London:
Taylor
and Francis,
pp169-182.
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And
my own
lifestory
I
also reflect
about
my own
practice
as autobiographical
writer
about
women
pirates
in 'The
Swashbuckler,
the Landlubbing
Wimp and
The Woman
in Between,
Myself
as Pirate(ss)'
(2000)
In: Polkey,
P. (ed.)
Women’s
Lives
into Print:
The Theory,
Practice
and Writing
of Feminist
Auto/Biography.
London:
Palgrave
Macmillan,
pp216-228.
I link
film,
such
as The
Wizard
of Oz,
with coping
with crisis
In: 'Where
Troubles
Melt Like
Lemon
Drops'
(1987)
In: MacNeill,
P., McShea,
M. (eds)
Through
the Break
—
Women
in Personal
Struggle.
London:
Sheba,
pp234-242.
As
a member
of the
National
Association
of Writers
in Education
I write
about
my own
creativity
in 'The
Questionaire'
(2000)
Writing
in Education,
19, Spring,
p44.
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