Roberta McDonnell

Belfast, United Kingdom United Kingdom

IKEA co-worker

Writing / Publishing

I just started working part time at IKEA Belfast where the staff are fantastic and it's a lovely atmosphere to work in. My other passions aside from family life and home atmosphere are films, reading, writing and blogging. I have some publications including my first book, which is about the role of creativity and social support in mental health recovery [Palgrave 2014], based on the findings of my PhD. This year (2016) I was fortunate to secure the IKEA position, after devoting 2015 to marketing my book and learning more about creative writing. Creativity as a therapeutic resource is a special interest, in particular art therapy, bibliotherapy and the creation of environments conduciv...