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In this section practitioner-researchers use writing as a form of inquiry into a range of subjects, some that emerge from their therapeutic and other practices, some that arise from more personal connections, and others that hover between the two. Family relationships with the secrets, lies and loves that bind us; the frustration, pain and questioning of parenting a bullied child, illuminated against the backdrop of cultures—ancient and institutional—that do not bend easily; a questioning of how sexuality is defined—generalised perceptions that contradict the ordinary, lived, yearning life and one woman’s struggle to maintain and gain strength from her position at the borders of academia; a woman’s narrative in prose poetry patterned by the past to lead the reader through a spectacular breakthrough and two accounts of women’s ageing process—one presented in multiple voices (including an uncontrollable canine wit), the other through snapshots of the often underacknowledged freedoms that accompany ageing.
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Reece, J., Speedy, J. (2014). Introduction to Written Inquiry. In: Speedy, J., Wyatt, J. (eds) Creative Practitioner Inquiry in the Helping Professions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-743-8_7
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