Kathleen Adams

Kay Adams Kathleen Adams host the Journaling for a Better Life show where every week she interviews a guest whose journaling has been instrumental in their personal success or a luminary from the world of journaling.

Kathleen is the founder and Director of the Center for Journal Therapy, a psychotherapist, best-selling author, and prolific speaker.

The Center for Journal Therapy is a gathering place for those who know the power of writing for growth and healing. The Center’s mission is to make the healing art of journal writing accessible to all who desire self-directed change. The Center also offers accredited training in clinical journal/poetry therapy for psychotherapists and other licensed professionals. In June, 2008, the Center is sponsoring an international symposium of writers, therapists, health care professionals and others interested in sharing their experiences with the power of writing to heal. The elite faculty for this world class event includes leading theorists and thinkers in the field of therapeutic writing such as Dr. James Pennebaker, Dr. Tristine Rainer, and Christina Baldwin.

Kathleen is a beloved teacher whose innovative work has helped hundreds of thousands of people heal, change and grow. She is the voice of journal therapy at conferences, hospitals, mental health agencies and seminars around the world. A tireless advocate for the healing power of writing, Kathleen has received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association for Poetry Therapy. She was a finalist for the first Season for Nonviolence Peacemaker Award in Colorado for her work bringing journal therapy to populations as diverse as people with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer survivors, recovering addicts, and survivors of violent crime.

Kathleen’s first book, Journal to the Self, is a classic that opened the gates to the current cultural phenomenon of therapeutic writing. She has also written The Write Way to Wellness: A Workbook for Healing and Change, The Way of the Journal and Mightier Than the Sword. She has written dozens of articles that have appeared in everything from scholarly journals to popular magazines such as Living Fit, Alternative Medicine, New Age, Intuition, and Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing.

Kathleen received her graduate degree (MA) in Psychology and Counseling from the Boulder Graduate School. She has long been a Licensed Professional Counselor (“LPC) and is also a Registered Poetry/Journal Therapist (“RPT”). In an internet poll on About.com, Kathleen was listed (with Anais Nin and Anne Frank) as one of the three most significant influences on contemporary journal keeping.

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