17 The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work 2008 No. 1 www.dulwichcentre.com.au This paper explores the co-production of a literary therapy. It is drawn from research conducted by Mandy Pentecost which investigated the therapeutic writing practices employed in one narrative counselling relationship in which Robyn was the client and Mandy the counsellor. Four different genres of writing were engaged with during the counselling process: ‘homework’ questions, a therapeutic letter, a ‘rescued speech poem’, and a short story. These four genres are described in this paper which is written in an auto ethnographic form in the shape of a letter to Robyn. Keywords: narrative practice, definitional ceremony, literary therapy, poetry, re-storying, therapeutic documents, outsider-witnessing practices, co-research A letter to Robyn: explorations of the written word in therapeutic practice By Mandy Pentecost Mandy Pentecost teaches counselling at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and works as a counsellor at the Napier Family Centre. Mandy can be contacted by email at mandyp@eit.ac.nz or at EIT, Private Bag 1201, Taradale 4142, New Zealand.