<p>Blending lived experience of trauma professional expertise and a passion for poetry and painting Kendall Johnson shows us how to use our creative gifts to process express connect survive and thrive. -Lorette C. Luzajic founding editor of The Ekphrastic Review and The Mackinaw </p><p><br></p><p>This beautifully written and resonant book is a legacy of the heart from its author to all those who create be it through the written word visual arts movement or music.... With Johnson's own artworks interwoven through most of these essays Writing to Heal&nbsp;gives us a richly illuminating tapestry of words and images.&nbsp;-From the publisher's introduction&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>