"We can carry a poem in our pocket, and take it out to give us motivation or courage, or to help us remember where we've been or where we want to go..." From the Introduction to Re-Versing Your Pain. Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson, award-winning author of In-Versing Your Life, has written another book in her poetry therapy workbook series, called Re-Versing Your Pain. The workbook reaches out to all people who live with pain, whether emotional or physical. In her 22 years as a social worker, Gustavson has worked with thousands of individuals and groups, and worked extensively with caregivers of the chronically ill and developmentally disabled, as well as with those afflicted with physical and mental ailments, including depression and anxiety. This method explores the approach of holistic healing -- and will lead to healthy expression of pain, and a new understanding of the self. This is a must have for all therapists -- this will motivate both you and your client to express pain and confusion as words and ink.

Re-Versing Your Pain: A Poetry Workbook for Those Living with Chronic Pain (In-Versing Your Life)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson

Alternative Medicine

Blooming Twig Books

From Cynthia Gustavson's Preface to Bully!, "Bullying is a hot topic in America today, and with good reason. Every school, group of friends, and family has someone who has been a victim of bullying, and most have someone who has acted like a bully." Psychotherapist and author Cynthia Gustavson has come together with her husband, developmental pediatrician Dr. Edward E. Gustavson MD, and her son Dr. Kent Gustavson PhD to write the first book on bullying that can be used for both the bully and the bullied. With whimsical drawings throughout and writing prompts on nearly every page, this is an easy-to-use book that is a must-have for every classroom from elementary school on through high school, and for discussion groups everywhere. Great for parents, teachers, mentors, and most importantly, great for children and teenagers. President Barack Obama, in his speech "It Gets Better" on October 21, 2010, said about bullying, "We've got to dispel the myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage - that it's some inevitable part of growing up. It's not." Bully! is a book that will help victimized and bullied children and teens as well as their tormentors. A few of the included topics are: Bullies Come in Different Shapes and Sizes; Building Self-Understanding; Expressing Feelings; Bully or Bullied?; How Do You React?; Passive Behavior; Aggressive Behavior; Assertive Behavior; Responding to Authority; Siblings as Bullies; Hard to Love; Self-Reflection; Acting with Compassion; Command and Control; Forgiving Others and Self; Developing Inner Strength; Now and the Future; So What If I'm Different?; Learning to Communicate; Conversation Bullies; Making Yourself Heard; Social Media Bullies; What Do You Do With a Bully?; I Am Now, But I Will Be; What Will You Be Like 20 Years From Now? "Read this book and live with new courage." - Kim Stafford, author of The Muses Among Us, on Please Use This for Children "This work affirms the poetic in humankind . . . Gustavson invites us to create, connect, and make a difference in our own lives and those we touch." - Nicholas Mazza, Editor of the Journal of Poetry Therapy, on In-Versing Your Life "Intriguing, probing, and therapeutically RIGHT ON." - Kay Adams, Center for Journal Therapy, on In-Versing Your Life "Reading [this] will help me live with greater heart." - John Fox, author of Poetic Medicine, on Please Use This for Children "An authentic, engaging, and inquisitive voice." - John Elder, author of Imagining the Earth, on Please Use This for Children

Bully!: The Big Book About Bullies and the Bullied

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

"Poetry is consistently used by children and teens to express deeply held feelings that are not allowed to come out any other way. The writing of poetry, so often relegated to the MUSE within us, is actually our unconscious understandings, coming out in the rhythm and music of words, especially in metaphor." From the Introduction to Fe-Vers. Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Children, and its counterpart, Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Teens, are two new workbooks from the pen of Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson, award-winning author of In-Versing Your Life. She has created a new world of poetry and exercises that can draw children and teens into a sphere of understanding. Gustavson, with her Fevers workbooks, has created a new method for working with children through poetry. Her own poetry inspires the children of abuse, neglect, depression, and angst to express themselves freely and clearly. Her own development, from barefooted country girl to successful businessperson, mother, poet and author, is the best example of her method's success. Perfect for therapists, parents, teachers and more! This is a guidebook to working with children that will throw new light on the entire practice of teaching and counseling! "If you could be anyone you wanted to be, would you live like a king, or fade into the background? Would you concentrate on being happy, or concentrate on knowing the truth? If you knew someone was being hurt, what would you do about it? Would you stay in the life you know or choose something totally different? If you flew away, where would you go?"

Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Children (In-Versing Your Life)

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

"Poetry is consistently used by children and teens to express deeply held feelings that are not allowed to come out any other way. The writing of poetry, so often relegated to the MUSE within us, is actually our unconscious understandings, coming out in the rhythm and music of words, especially in metaphor." From the Introduction to Fe-Vers. Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Teens, and its counterpart, Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Children, are two new workbooks from the pen of Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson, award-winning author of In-Versing Your Life. She has created a new world of poetry and exercises that can draw children and teens into a sphere of understanding. Gustavson, with her Fevers workbooks, has created a new method for working with children through poetry. Her own poetry inspires the children of abuse, neglect, depression, and angst to express themselves freely and clearly. Her own development, from barefooted country girl to successful businessperson, mother, poet and author, is the best example of her method's success. Perfect for therapists, parents, teachers and more! This is a guidebook to working with children that will throw new light on the entire practice of teaching and counseling! "If you could be anyone you wanted to be, would you live like a king, or fade into the background? Would you concentrate on being happy, or concentrate on knowing the truth? If you knew someone was being hurt, what would you do about it? Would you stay in the life you know or choose something totally different? If you flew away, where would you go?"

Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Teens (In-Versing Your Life)

Psychology & Counseling

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Re-Versing Your Pain: A Poetry Workbook for Those Living with Chronic Pain (In-Versing Your Life)

Bully!: The Big Book About Bullies and the Bullied

Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Children (In-Versing Your Life)

Fe-Vers: Feeling Verses for Teens (In-Versing Your Life)