Power of Memoir

A groundbreaking work for healing long-term emotional
problems

The Power of Memoir is a pioneering how-to book that
provides a new step-by-step program to use memoir writing as a
therapeutic process. By going through these steps you'll learn how
to choose the significant milestones and turning points that make
up a coherent story leading to a life-changing epiphany.

• Help uncover the secret stories that are the keys to
  healing

• Explore the dynamics and roles of dysfunctional families

• Heal old wounds, creating a better present and brighter
  future

Using many examples from her students and clients, the author
shows how creative, well-planned, and carefully researched memoir
writing can offer a process for sorting out the truth from lies and
family myths.

Autorentext

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., is president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and a practicing psychotherapist. She is the author of Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment, which won the Gold Medal Award from the Bay Area Independent Publishing Association in 2007.

Zusammenfassung
A groundbreaking work for healing long-term emotional problems

The Power of Memoir is a pioneering how-to book that provides a new step-by-step program to use memoir writing as a therapeutic process. By going through these steps you'll learn how to choose the significant milestones and turning points that make up a coherent story leading to a life-changing epiphany.

• Help uncover the secret stories that are the keys to healing
• Explore the dynamics and roles of dysfunctional families
• Heal old wounds, creating a better present and brighter future
  Using many examples from her students and clients, the author shows how creative, well-planned, and carefully researched memoir writing can offer a process for sorting out the truth from lies and family myths.

Inhalt

Foreword xi
by Kathleen Adams

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Part 1 Eight Steps to Writing a Healing Memoir 1

Step 1 Understanding Your Reasons for Writing 3

Step 2 Doing Your Research 16

Step 3 Planning Your Memoir 29

Step 4 The Psychology of Memoir Writing 48

Step 5 The Dark Stuff 65

Step 6 Organizing the Narrative Arc 79

Step 7 To Publishor Not 98

Step 8 The Power of Writing to Heal 121

Part 2 Spirituality, Therapy, and Stories 145

Chapter 1 Spirituality, Meditation, and Inner Listening 147

Chapter 2 For Therapists Who Use the Healing Power of Memoir 156

Chapter 3 Stories from the Workshops 166

Epilogue 213

Resources 219

Recommended Reading 221

Reader's Guide 227

Bibliography 231

About the Author 237

Index 239