Beautifully illustrated with black and white and color drawings from the journals of students in their acclaimed workshops, Visual Journaling makes this enjoyable tool for personal exploration accessible for everyone.

Barbara Ganim, M.A.E., teaches expressive art therapy at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. She is author of Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit. Susan Fox, M.A.E., is a certified holistic counselor, expressive art therapist, and co-founder of the Center for Holistic Development in Rhode Island.

Acknowledgments	p. v
Authors' Note	p. xii
Introduction: How Jmages Express What Words Cannot	p. 1
Sidebar: Dealing with Fear and Self-Doubt	p. 4
You Don't Have to Be an Artist	p. 5
Visual Journaling Helps You to Access Your Inner Wisdom	p. 6
Using Verbal Responses to Process a Drawing	p. 6
Going Deeper than Words to Give Voice to Your Soul	p. 9
Words Interpret Our Feelings	p. 9
Imagery Reveals Our Feelings	p. 10
Only You Know What Your Imagery Means	p. 13
Our Feelings Communicate What We Need	p. 15
Taking the First Step	p. 17
Sidebar: The Influence of Carl Jung	p. 17
Preparing for the Journey	p. 18
Materials	p. 19
Setting Up Your Journaling Space	p. 19
The Four Basic Steps in Visual Journaling: Doing a Practice Journal Entry	p. 22
Setting a Clear Intention	p. 22
Sidebar: Examples of Intentions	p. 24
Quieting the Mind through Body-Centered Awareness	p. 24
Exercise in Body-Centered Awareness	p. 25
Seeing with Your Inner Eye through Guided Visualization	p. 25
Exercise in Guided Visualization	p. 26
Sidebar: How People Visualize Imagery	p. 26
Drawing Your Inner Images	p. 27
Sidebar: Beware of Judging Your Visualizations and Your Drawings	p. 27
Visual Journaling as an Everyday Practice	p. 29
Introduction to the Six-Week Program	p. 29
Accessing and Expressing Your Emotions	p. 30
Sidebar: Tips to Help You Maintain a Regular and Consistent Visual-Journaling Practice	p. 32
The Body Never Lies	p. 34
Don't Neglect the Check-In--Even If You Feel Great	p. 35
Before You Begin	p. 35
The Check-In	p. 36
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 37
Using Movement and Sound to Access Images	p. 39
Accessing Your Feelings through Movement	p. 39
Using Sound to Access Your Emotions	p. 42
Developing Your Own Approach to the Four-Step Process	p. 43
Sidebar: The Progressive Development of a Journal Drawing	p. 44
Healing Your Stress-Producing Emotions	p. 49
How Stress-Producing Emotions Affect Your Physical Health	p. 51
The Stress Equation	p. 51
Accessing, Releasing and Transforming Your Stress-Producing Emotions	p. 54
Sidebar: What to Do If You Are Not Experiencing Stress Right Now	p. 55
Discovering the Source of Your Stress-Producing Emotions	p. 55
Sidebar: When Words Appear with Your Images	p. 56
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 58
Some Journalers Don't Always Use the Self-Exploration Questions	p. 60
Transformation through ReEnvisioning	p. 60
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 61
Expanding Your Journal Work beyond the Confines of Your Journal Pages	p. 61
Discovering Your Unhealed Emotional Wounds	p. 63
Accessing, Releasing and Transforming Unhealed Emotions from the Past	p. 63
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 64
Releasing and Healing Old Emotional Wounds	p. 64
Conversing with Your Images	p. 67
Letting Your Images Speak	p. 67
How to Dialogue with Your Images	p. 68
Sidebar: Answers to Questions about Dialoguing with Images	p. 70
Dialoguing with Your Images	p. 72
Dialoguing Questions to Elicit Responses from Your Drawings	p. 72
Dialoguing with the Drawings of the Previous Two Weeks	p. 73
Seeing Your Images and Their Responses as Symbolic Messages	p. 73
Letting Your Drawings Tell Their Story	p. 76
Drawing with a Story to Tell	p. 76
Story-Prompter Questions	p. 77
Sidebar: Suggestions on How to Interpret Your Story	p. 78
Putting It All Together: Different Ways to Approach Writing a Story	p. 79
Art from the Heart	p. 85
Overcoming Fear	p. 101
Discovering the Lessons of Fear	p. 104
Overcoming Your Fears	p. 104
Discovering Your Fears	p. 106
Identifying Unreasonable or Unrealistic Fears	p. 106
Sidebar: What to Do If You Find Yourself Stuck in a Painful Emotional Experience	p. 109
A Reminder to Continue Your Regular Check-Ins	p. 109
Exercises to Help You Eliminate Fear	p. 109
Accessing an Image of Your Fear	p. 110
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 110
Everyone's Image of Fear Is Different	p. 112
Believing in Yourself to Overcome Your Fears	p. 114
Asking Your Soul What Your Fear Has to Teach You	p. 116
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 118
Releasing Fear from Your Life--Burning Ritual	p. 118
What We Fear Will Reappear	p. 119
Resolving Inner Conflict Through Soul Zlisdom	p. 121
How Inner Conflict Arises	p. 121
Becoming Aware of Inner Conflict	p. 122
How Fear Drives Our Inner Conflicts	p. 122
What Causes Inner Conflict?	p. 123
Inner Conflict Is a Primary Source of Stress	p. 123
Resolving Your Inner Conflicts	p. 125
Issues That Create Inner Conflict	p. 125
Identifying the Sources of Inner Conflict in Your Life	p. 128
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 129
Understanding Your Soul's Resolution of the Conflict	p. 130
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 131
Using These Exercises to Resolve Other Inner Conflicts	p. 131
Trusting Your Soul's Solution to Your Inner Conflict	p. 133
Expanding Your Visual-Journaling Experience	p. 135
Visual Journaling as a Lifelong Practice	p. 137
Strengthening the Connection to Your Soul	p. 138
Knowing Your Soul Purpose	p. 139
Discovering Your Soul Purpose	p. 139
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 140
Examples of Soul-Purpose Symbols	p. 141
Remaining Congruent with Your Soul Purpose	p. 144
Drawing the Landscape of Your Heart	p. 144
Self-Exploration Questions	p. 145
Using Larger Formats and Different Media	p. 146
Imagistic Signatures and Personal Power Strokes	p. 148
The Benefits of Working with a Group	p. 151
Starting Your Own Visual-Journaling Group	p. 153
Beyond the Six-Week Program	p. 154
Bibliography	p. 157
About the Authors	p. 159
For Additional Information	p. 161
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