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Articles relating to Lapidus issues
Can Creative Writing ever be taught? - Rachel Cusk asks in
Cusk on Writing
'...the 'hard-man' culture of the writing workshop, where students make themselves vulnerable in order to have their work ripped to shreds by their tutor and peers, owes its existence to the generalised terror of therapeutic values and their putative contamination of the intellect. Yet it would not surprise me to see this method fall out of fashion...
Blake Morrison Examines Bibliotherapy Guardian January 2008
Morrison on bibliotherapy
'The idea that literature can make us emotionally and physically stronger goes back to Plato. But now book groups are proving that Shakespeare can be as beneficial as self-help guides. Blake Morrison investigates the rise of bibliotherapy
Core Competencies for Practitioners
Core Competencies for Working in the Literary Arts for Personal Development, Health and Well-being by Rose Flint, Fiona Hamilton & Claire Williamson
This document attempts to outline the competencies necessary for working in Lapidus-related areas, and to promote discussion of desirable conditions for practitioners, participants and service providers
To download this document (9 pages Word Document) click here Core Competencies
Papers by Lapidus Members
Accreditation in the field of Education by Celia Hunt, University of Sussex (Word document)
On Becoming a Poetry Therapist by Victoria Field, Writer and Poetry Therapist (Word document)
Plenary Summary by Miriam Halahmy, Writer (Word document)
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