The book you are holding in your hands analyzes the role of written language in solving timeless relational impasses and in strengthening and enriching communication. It is based on original written texts and messages that arise in the therapeutic process and constitute a product of interaction between therapists, patients, and significant others. All types of messages exchanged function as "therapeutic carriers," conveying messages about small but mainly large issues of existence and coexistence: love, justice, redemption, life decisions, the joy offered by emotional contact with others.

We hope that our work will prove useful to professionals in mental health and related specialties who wish to use written language in their daily practice. However, we believe that the texts and references in the book may also interest a part of the wider public concerned about human relationships and communication, as well as individuals or groups engaged in creative writing and literature.