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I am interested in this book in the link between writing and war.
Can writing have an effect on psychic trauma?
Literature does much more than distract us—it teaches us to think in order to lead us to transform ourselves. We all need stories, narratives, words to give shape to the shapelessness of war. To try to understand how this irrepressible need to write in times of war can be healing—that is the purpose of this book.
Through an alphabet book of authors from the past and present, I wanted to inspire a desire to understand writers' relationship to writing, but above all, to inspire a desire to read or reread works that can enlighten us in the painful times each of us may go through.
Nayla Chidiac holds a doctorate in psychopathology and is a clinical psychologist.
She founded therapeutic writing workshops at Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris. Author of the reference book intended for professionals Therapeutic Writing Workshops (Elsevier-Masson) 2010, 2013, 2027 upcoming. A specialist in trauma and therapeutic writing, she is a trainer and EMHS (External Mental Health Specialist) for the UN and a former expert at the High Court of Paris. She is the author of The Benefits of Writing, the Benefits of Words published by Odile Jacob in 2022, as well as several collective works and five collections of poetry.
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