Reflective Writing with prayer. Written by Manashantii Wednesday 24th February  2016

These exercises can be used in counselling or talking psychotherapy as well as for writing therapeutically or creative writing.

Step 1.Write it down in your journal. Step 2.Talk about it with someone and Step 3. pray about it. See also Manashantii’s writing method

Emotional observation skills. Observe your feelings and emotional responses and reflect to see if there is any connection with your responses. Use self questioning and critical thinking to gain deeper insight. Use methodical introspection and self analysis to relate to your inner self. Write about it in your journal and pray.

Explore and Reflect skills. Explore, think and reflect about an incident in order to understand it at a deeper level. Reflect and think and learn from your experience. Write about it in your journal and pray.

Explore and Reflect skills. Write as if you are talking, emotionally venting, thinking, learning, emotionally connecting to your feelings, examining youry thoughts, exploring your personality, your behaviour and your identity. Pray asking God to guide you and give you insight.

Explore and Reflect skills. Explore your viewpoint and the other peoples viewpoint. Appreciate the complexity of most situations and take ownership of your part in them. Reflect and write about it in your Journal and pray about it.

Explore and Reflect skills. Explore the past and present in order to make action plans for the future. Reflect and think as you write about it in your journal. Then pray about it.

Explore and Reflect skills. What are my attitudes, beliefs and prejudices? In your journal write a list category by category. Then pray about your list.

Explore and Reflect skills. Examine things you deny to yourself and things you deny to others. Denial. Write about in your journal. Pray about it.

Explore and Reflect skills. Examine your fears. Phobias. Write about it in your journal. Pray about it.

Explore and Reflect skills.  Explore your passive attitudes. Write about it in your Journal. Pray about it.

Reflect, Assess, Plan your goals. Think about what you need, examine and assess the situation, plan your goals. Write about it in your journal. Pray about it.

 

Manashantii