This book highlights several projects in which photography is used as a therapeutic tool. Nurses, therapists and social workers can help people to discover who they are, sometimes beyond someone's psychosocial problems. An important target group that photo groups aim at are patients in mental health care who work on their recovery. The book gives a lot of attention to how working with photography can help to overcome shame, due to stigmatization by a diagnosis and professional treatment. The invitation is to make photographs of one's expectations, hope or of anything that is considered important and which is mirrored in the photographs. This is the starting point for a process of reflection. The reflection can be shared with other participants. The book will also focus on projects in which a photographer portrays participants. Beside theoretical explanation of the working of visual information the book expands on practical information on how to organize photo groups.
