The passion of science, the precision of poetry: therapeutic writing, a review of the literature / Jeannie K. Wright -- Cognitive psychology and the biomedical foundations of writing therapy / Geoff Lowe -- The contribution of narrative ideas and writing practices in therapy / Jane Speedy -- Reading ourselves: imagining the reader in the writing process / Celia Hunt -- From archetype to impressions: the magic of words / Derek Steinberg -- Writing by patients and therapists in cognitive and analytic therapy / Anthony Ryle -- Journal writing as a therapeutic tool / Kate Thompson -- Writing the link between body and mind: the use of writing in clients suffering from chronic stress-related medical disorders / Stephanie Howlett -- 'When I write I think': personal uses of writing by international students / Colin Lago -- 'Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome': the therapeutic role of poetry writing / Gillie Bolton and John Latham -- On the road to recovery: writing as a therapy for people in recovery from addiction / Claire Williamson -- Therapy online: the therapeutic relationship in typed text / Kate Anthony -- Developing online, text-based counselling in the workplace / Jeannie K. Wright -- Electronic text-based communication: assumptions and illusions created by the transference phenomena / Lin Griffiths -- Messages to Jo: the Samaritans' experience of email befriending / Stephanie Howlett and Robert Langdon -- Ethical and practical dimensions of online writing cures / Stephen Goss and Kate Anthony -- Reflective and therapeutic writing in counsellor training / Jaquie Daniels and Colin Feltham -- The uses of writing in the supervision of cognitive analytic therapy / Anthony Ryle -- Black and blue: writing for reflective practice / Gillie Bolton, Heather Allan and Helen Drucquer -- After the session: 'freewriting' in response / John Hilsdon -- Writing in a reflective practice group for staff working with people with dementia / Lisa Heller -- Conclusions and looking forward / Gillie Bolton and Jeannie K. Wright, Gillie Bolton.