Coming soon
Lengelle, R., Ypma, F. & Fecho.B. (in press). Good Divorces. Routledge.
Lengelle, R. & Hermans, H. (in press). Dear Hubert: Writing the Dialogical Self for Healing. In O. Smoliak and E. Tseliou (Eds). Discursive, Narrative, and Dialogic Inquiry in Psychotherapy and Counseling. Routledge.
Recent media
Lapidus International. Interview (2025, May 28).
In conversation with: Reinekke Lengelle with Alison Cable and Kate Poll (Episode) [Video].
Lengelle, R. (2025). Πένθος και θεραπευτική γραφή [Grief and therapeutic writing]. (S. Andreopoulou, Trans). PEDIO & Institute for Education and Research in Systemic Psychotherapy. (Original work published 2021). [This is the Greek translation of the 2021 book “Writing the Self in Bereavement”.]
Published
Sayers, J. & Lengelle, R. (2025). The Choir within You: Cacophony to Harmony.
European Journal for Biblio/Poetry Therapy, 1 (3). 100-113.
Lengelle, R. (2025). Autoethnography for Transcending Taboos. In B. Thompson & R.A. Neimeyer. (Eds). From Mourning to Meaning: The Expressive Arts in Grief Therapy. Routledge (submitted/accepted).
Lengelle, R., Hughes, D. & Hambly, L. (Eds) (2024). Art that Tells the Truth: Creative Methods for Guidance and Counselling. Routledge.
Den Elzen. K., Neimeyer. R.A. & Lengelle, R. (Eds)(2024). Living with Loss: from grief to wellbeing. Routledge.
Lengelle, R., Altorf, D. & Dobbinga, S. (2024). Onderzoeker worden van binnenuit: Levensthema’s ontdekken met een schrijfcursus. LoopbaanVisie (Augustus), 43-38.
McNichol, K., Lengelle, R. & Poell, R. (2024). Career Writing Interventions for Career Learning: An Integrative Literature Review. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.
Lengelle, R. (2024). Professor out of a Suitcase or Ferris Bueller’s year off. In: A. Grant., & E. Lloyd-Parkes (Eds.) Meaningful Journeys: Autoethnographies of Quest and Identity Transformation. (pp. 167-186). Routledge.
Lengelle, R. (2024). Foreword: Philosophy in Autoethnography: A Reflection on Quality in Qualitative Research. In A. Grant & E. Lloyd-Parkes. (Eds). Writing Philosophical Autoethnography. (pp. xi-xix) Routledge.
Den Elzen, K. & Lengelle, R. (Eds) (2023). Writing-for-Wellbeing: Theory, Research, and Practice. Routledge.
Mathew, L., Den Elzen. K., Neimeyer. R.A. & Lengelle, R. (2023) Living with Loss [Editorial], British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 51 (3), 335-337, DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2023.2219109
Den Elzen, K., Neimeyer, R.A., & Lengelle, R. (Eds) (2023). Living with Loss II [Symposium Issue]. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 51 (3), 334-444.
Lengelle, R. & Den Elzen, K. (2023). Introduction to writing for wellbeing. In K. Den Elzen & R. Lengelle (Eds). Writing for wellbeing: theory, research, and practice (pp. 1-12). Routledge.
Den Elzen, K. & Lengelle, R. (2023) When your Partner Dies. A Conversation about Writing and Post-Traumatic Growth in Widowhood. In K. Den Elzen & R. Lengelle (Eds). Writing for wellbeing: theory, research, and practice (pp. 15-32). Routledge.
Lengelle, R., Sayers, J. & Chavis, G., (2023). Poetry and Connection: Encounter, Surprise, and Dialogue. In K. Den Elzen & R. Lengelle (Eds). Writing for wellbeing: theory, research, and practice (pp. 33-47). Routledge.
Lengelle, R., & Haggerty, E. (2022). Career Writing and the Tale of Two Sisters: The Family Project, Heroic Drive, and How No Sibling Has the Same Parents. In: M. Schreiber (Ed) Narrative Ansätze in Beratung und Coaching (pp. 163-174). Springer, Wiesbaden.
Lengelle, R. (2022). An autoethnography of becoming a qualitative researcher: A dialogic view of academic development. [Book review]. LIRIC Journal, 2(2), 139-144.
Lengelle, Reinekke. (2022). Foreword. In L.E. Mathew, Life: To be given back to whence it came: A pilgrimage through prolonged grief, confronting grief illiteracy and healing loss through the art of storytelling (xix-xxvi). DioPress.
Lengelle, R., Pouw. P., Post. J.M, & Goren, S (2022). Happy U: Zenmeditatie, loopbaanschrijven en een diversiteitsdialoog in De Haagse Hogeschool. LoopbaanVisie. (1) 61-66.
Lehmann, O. V., Neimeyer, R. A., Thimm, J., Hjeltnes, A., Lengelle, R., & Kalstad, T. G. (2022). Experiences of Norwegian Mothers Attending an Online Course of Therapeutic Writing After the Unexpected Loss of a Child. Frontiers in Psychology.
Den Elzen, K. & Lengelle, R. (2022). A tale of two widows: Investigating meaning-making and identity development through writing in the face of grief. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. (Published online)
Lengelle, R. (2021). Writing the self in bereavement: a story of love, spousal loss, and resilience. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003124009. [THIS BOOK WON TWO AWARDS]
Lengelle, R., Den Elzen, K., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2021). Living with Loss Editorial. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 49, (6), 763-765.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., & Bonnar. C. (2021). Créativité poétique : la méthode d’écriture sur sa carrière pour favoriser la réflexivité professionnelle au XXIe siècle. In Arthur, Borgen (Neault) & McMahon (Eds). Théories et modèles orientés sur la carrière: des idées pour la pratique (pp. 215-228). CERIC.
Lengelle, R. (2021). Portrait of a Scientist: in conversation with Hubert Hermans, founder of the Dialogical Self Theory. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2021.1900779
Lengelle, R. (2021). Jezelf Schrijven in Rouw. PsychoSociaal Digitaal. June (1) 33-37.
Lengelle, R. (2021). Engaged but not curious: vital reflections for those teaching therapeutic writing online. Clio’s Psyche 27 (3), 338-343.
Lengelle, R. (2021). Writing the Self and Bereavement: dialogical means and markers of moving through grief. In H. Dix (Ed), Career Construction Theory and Life Writing: Narrative and Autobiographical Thinking Across the Professions. Routledge.
Wright, J. , Williamson, C., Bangerh, K., Etherington, K., Thompson, K., Poole, S., Wafula, E., Southwell, D., Bertrand, J., Lengelle, R., & Lee, D. (2021). Why Do We Need a New Journal About Writing for Wellbeing? [Editorial] Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community (LIRIC), 1 (1), pp. 8-16.
Lengelle, R., Hughes, D. & Hambly, L. (2020). The healing muses: research, theory and practice of creative methods in guidance and counselling. [Editorial] British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 48 (1), 1-4.
Lengelle, R. (2020). Writing the Self and Bereavement: dialogical means and markers of moving through grief. Life Writing Journal 17 (1), 103-122.
Lengelle, R. & Meijers, F. (2019). Poetic reflexivity and the birth of career writing: An autoethnographic love story. In K. Maree & C. Wilby (Eds), Innovating career counselling theory, research, and practice. (pp. 539-555). New York, NY: Springer.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., & Bonnar, C. (2018). Poetic creativity: the Career Writing method for professional reflexivity in the 21stcentury. In. N. Arthur, R. Neault & M.McMahon (Eds), Career Theory and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice. (pp. 183-193). Toronto: Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC).
Lengelle, R. (2018). Jezelf Schrijven. Oud-Turnhout/’s-Hertogenbosch: Gompel & Svacina.
Lengelle, R. (2018). Happy: poems and reflections for writing and healing the self [Syllabus]. Edmonton: Black Tulip Press.
Lengelle, R., Hambly, L., & Hughes, D. (2018). Connecting to the Muses [Editorial]. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 46 (3), 269-271.
Lengelle, R. & Meijers, F. (2018). De effecten van groepswerk door “Career Writing”. Loopbaan Visie (3) 85-90.
Lengelle, R. (2018). Writing the self in global citizenship education. In. F. Jacobs & E. Sjoer (Eds), Inspired to Change: a kaleidoscope of transitions in higher education. (pp. 29-37). The Hague: The Hague University Press.
Muijen, H., Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., & Wardekker, W. (2018). The role of imagination in emergent career agency. Australian Journal of Career Development 27 (2), 88-98.
McClocklin, P., & Lengelle, R. (2018). Cures for the heart: A poetic approach to healing after loss. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 46 (3), 326-339.
Lengelle, R., Jardine, C., & Bonnar, C. (2018). Writing the self for reconciliation and global citizenship: The inner dialogue and creative voices for cultural healing. In F. Meijers, & H.J.M. Hermans (Eds), The Dialogical Self in Education: A multicultural perspective. (pp. 81-96). New York, NY: Springer.
Lengelle, R. (2017). Creatief schrijven: een eigen stem via meerstemmigheid. ZKM Magazine, 2, 57-60.
Lengelle, R., Van der Heijden, B., & Meijers, F. (2017). The foundations of career resilience. In K. Maree (Ed.), Psychology of Career Adaptability, Employability and Resilience (p. 29-47). New York, NY: Springer Nature.
Lengelle, R. (2017) Career writing: a narrative method in response to changing times (in Norwegian)
Lengelle, R. (2017) Career writing: creative, expressive, and reflective writing for career learning (in Norwegian)
Lengelle, R. & Ashby, S. (2017). Schrijven als zelfontwikkeling: Het trainen van docenten in een narratieve loopbaanmethode voor groepen. In F. Meijers & K. Mittendorff (Eds), Zelfreflectie in het Hoger Onderwijs. (pp. 87-107). Antwerpen & Amsterdam: Garant.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., & Hughes, D. (2017). Creatief schrijven voor een levensplan: Reflectiviteit, metafoor en veranderingsprocessen door middel van een verhaal. In F. Meijers & K. Mittendorff (Eds), Zelfreflectie in het Hoger Onderwijs. (pp. 167-183). Antwerpen & Amsterdam: Garant.
Lengelle, R., Luken, T., & Meijers, F. (2017). Is zelfreflectie gevaarlijk? Het voorkomen van rumineren bij loopbaanleren. In F. Meijers & K. Mittendorff (Eds), Zelfreflectie in het Hoger Onderwijs. (pp. 185-201). Antwerpen & Amsterdam: Garant.
Meijers, F., Lengelle, R., Winters, A. & Kuijpers, M. (2017). A dialogue worth having: vocational competence, career identity and a learning environment for 21th century success at work. In E. de Bruijn, S. Billett & J. Onstenk (Eds.), Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system: Reforms enacted (p.139-155). New York/Berlin: Springer.
Lengelle, R., & Ashby, S. (2016). Writing as soul work: training teachers in a group-based career-narrative approach. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 45(4), 402-416.
Lengelle, R., Luken, T., & Meijers, F. (2016). Is self reflection dangerous? Preventing rumination in career learning. Australian Journal of Career Development, 25 (3) 99-109.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., & Hughes, D. (2016). Creative writing for life design: Reflexivity, metaphor and change processes through narrative. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 97, 60-67.
Lengelle, R. (2016). What a career coach can learn from a playwright: Expressive dialogues for identity development. In. H. J. M. Hermans (Ed.), Stimulating a Dialogical Self: Groups, Teams, Cultures, and Organizations. (pp.37-53). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Lengelle, R. (2016). Narrative self-rescue: A poetic response to a precarious labour crisis. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 28 (1), 46-49.
Lengelle, R. & Meijers, F. (2016). Playwright meets career coach: Writing dialogues to promote awareness and self-direction. In K. Maree & A. Di Fabio (Eds.), Exploring new horizons in career counselling: Turning challenges into opportunities. (pp. 315-327). Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
Meijers, F. & Lengelle, R. (2016) Reflective career dialogues. South African Journal of Higher Education, 30 (3), 21-23. from: http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe/article/view/636)
Meijers, F., Lengelle, R., & Kopnina, H. (2016). Environmental Identity and Natural Resources: A Dialogical Learning Process. Resources, 5 (1), 11, 1-16.
Meijers, F., & Lengelle, R. (2016). Identiteitsleren via dialogen en loopbaanschrijven: het oversteken van binnen- en buitengrenzen. In A. Bakker, I. Zitter, S. Beausaert, & E. De Bruijn (Eds.), Tussen opleiding en beroepspraktijk: Het potentieel van boundary crossing. (pp. 39-54) Amsterdam: Van Gorcum.
Lengelle, R. (2015). Power of the pen: The basics on writing and healing. In Uitgepraat!? (pp. 167-174). Den Haag: De Haagse Hogeschool.
Lengelle, R. & Meijers, F. (2015). Career writing: A creative, expressive and reflective approach to qualitative assessment and guidance. In M. McMahon & M. Watson (Eds.), Career assessment: Qualitative approaches (pp. 145-153). Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
Lengelle, R., & Meijers, F. (2015). Career writing: Creative, expressive, and reflective approaches to narrative career learning and guidance. The Canadian Journal of Career Development, 14, 19-31.
Kuijpers, M. & Lengelle, R. (Eds.) (2015). Een loopbaan van betekenis. Antwerpen/Belgium and Apeldoorn/The Netherlands: Garant.
Meijers, F. & Lengelle, R. (2015). Career learning: Qualitative career assessment as a learning process in the construction of a narrative identity. In M. McMahon & M. Watson (Eds.), Career assessment: Qualitative approaches(pp. 41-49). Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., Poell, R., Geijsel, F., & Post, M. (2016). Career writing as a dialogue about work experience: A recipe for luck readiness? International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 16 (1), 29-43.
Lengelle, R. (2014). Career writing: Creatief, expressief, en reflectief schrijven voor je loopbaan. In F. Meijers, M. Kuijpers, K. Mittendorf, & G. Wijers (Eds.), Het onzekere voor het zekere (pp. 161-184). Antwerpen/Amsterdam: Garant.
Lengelle, R. (2014). Career writing: Creative, expressive, and reflective approaches to narrative and dialogical career guidance (Published doctoral dissertation). Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University.
Lengelle, R., & Meijers, F. (2014). Narrative identity: Writing the self in career learning. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 42, 52-72.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., Poell, R., & Post, M. (2014). Career writing: Creative, expressive, and reflective approaches to narrative identity formation in students in higher education. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 75-84.
Lengelle, R. (2013). A collaborative and writing pedagogy: An antidote to demagogy. International Journal for the Dialogical Self, 7, 109-114.
Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., Poell, R., & Post, M. (2013). The effects of creative, expressive, and reflective writing in career learning. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83, 419-427.
Lengelle, R. (2013). Writing and healing: Research, a model, and practice. Transition Magazine, Canadian Mental Health Association. Summer 2003, p. 3-6.
Lengelle, R. (2012). Wie schrijf die blijft. In F. Meijers (Ed.), Wiens verhaal telt? Naar een narratieve en dialogische loopbaanbegeleiding (pp. 251-272). Antwerpen/Amsterdam: Garant.
Meijers, F. & Lengelle, R. (2012). Narratives at work: The development of a career identity. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 40, 157-177.
Winters, A., Meijers, F., Lengelle, R., & Baert, H. (2012). The self in career learning: An evolving dialogue. In Hermans, H. & Gieser, T. (Eds.), Handbook of dialogical self theory (pp. 454-460). UK: Cambridge University Press.
Lengelle, R., & Meijers, F. (2009). Mystery to mastery: An exploration of what happens in the black box of writing and healing. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 22, 59-77.
Creative works & additional Writing-for-Wellbeing resources
Poetry and inspiration
“There is a room inside me where my friends dwell”. In Lapidus Magazine. Issue 6 (Lengelle, 2025, p. 4)
Lengelle, R. (2018). Jezelf Schrijven. Oud-Turnhout/’s-Hertogenbosch: Gompel & Svacina.
Lengelle, R. (2018). Happy: poems and reflections for writing and healing the self [Syllabus]. Edmonton: Black Tulip Press.
Lengelle, R. (2012). White. Edmonton: Black Tulip Press.
Lengelle, R. (2008). Blossom & Balsam: poems that reveal and heal. Edmonton: Black Tulip Press.
Lengelle, R. (2005). Blooming Woman. Edmonton, Black Tulip Press.
Serviss, S. & Lengelle, R and others. (2001). Read two poems and call me in the Morning Edmonton, The Friends of University Hospital, 2001
Gerding [a.k.a Lengelle] (1998). Doorways. Edmonton, Black Tulip Press (Illustrated by K. Lengle)
Gerding [a.k.a Lengelle] (1997). On the path. Edmonton, Black Tulip Press (Illustrated by K. Lengle)
Gerding [a.k.a Lengelle] (1996). Still Mind, Beating Heart. Edmonton, Black Tulip Press (Illustrated by K. Lengle)
Plays
Untamed therapy (unpublished) Runner up in the 24-Hour Play-writing competition in Calgary, 2002
Stranded Somewhere Edmonton: Quon Editions, Performed at Edmonton Fringe festival, 1997
Sugar & Lust Edmonton: Quon Editions, Performed at Edmonton Fringe festival, 1996
For children
The Magic Shoes: a fairytale, 2001
Moonbeams & Alligator Skin, (poetry), 1996
Self-help book
Bath Oil for Heartbreak, 1996 & 2006
Career Cards
Career Cards: a tool for surviving and thriving in the 21st century with artwork by Derek Sellen, 2015. Black Tulip Press – seventh printing in September 2023.