Healing words: narrative themes in journal writing and disability

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dc.contributor.authorGabel, Sheila Lynn
dc.contributor.supervisorUhlemann, Max R.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-28T01:17:38Z
dc.date.available2026-02-28T01:17:38Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.description.abstractThis narrative study examined the writing process throughout the change process of adjustment to disability. Personal journals of the researcher over a period of twelve years were reread, with particular emphasis on the period of time following a motor vehicle accident and leading up to elective leg amputation. Recurring themes in the journals, as well as salient features, were identified and discussed with reference to the literature on therapeutic writing, amputation, and disability. Writing was found to be of benefit in making positive meaning of disability, mainly through developing the relationship with self, expressing strong emotion, and allowing opportunity for creativity. Rereading the journals in the present was of healing benefit in providing perspective, facilitating forgiveness, and encouraging positive action. Implications for counselling and future research are discussed.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23373
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.titleHealing words: narrative themes in journal writing and disability
dc.typeThesis

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