Writing Practice Prescription

by
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
Zita Surprenant, MD, MPH
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), the psychological, emotional, and physical abuse of your patients by a current or previous intimate partner affects close to four million women a year. A little over a third of these women report violent victimization. Like many other medical conditions, IPV often escalates in frequency and [...]

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Are you looking for a way to impart the knowledge you wish to pass along? Then consider writing a “mentor” book. These books take the reader on a journey where the protagonist finds a mentor who guides him or her through difficult life passages. Of interest to the fiction writer, “Meeting with the Mentor,” stage [...]

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Medical students often begin their training full of idealism and hope. Keeping that idealism intact while absorbing tons of facts and technical skills challenges both them and their teachers in medical school.
Now a new descriptive study on the use of reflective writing suggests that hope lies in the use of reflective writing at various stages [...]

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Here is the handout used for a recent 1.5 hour workshop:
Learn to write your story for healing and helping
Handout for January 31, 2008 workshop
by
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
Overview

The stories you hear and observe each day weave the rich fabric of your work and personal life. No wonder that at least one friend or relative has no [...]

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It may not be a surprise to you at all to know that writing your own life story can be healing and helpful to you. But did you know that writing your story can help others?
Dr. Robert Sommer, in his 2003 article, The Use of Autobiography in Psychotherapy, notes that a recent explosion of published [...]

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