I have found that for some patients, speaking about their emotions is quite difficult, but writing about them is easier, and so I have introduced a form of writing into their treatment, expressive ...

Finding the right words to describe how one feels can be the first step toward recovery…as one University of Houston study found. Journaling can be cathartic in helping to make sense of traumatic ...

The benefits of positive expressive writing for psychological health and wellbeing depend on the particular approach and on individual differences, according to a systematic review published on May 21 ...

Expressive writing, a structured intervention that encourages individuals to articulate their deepest thoughts and feelings, has attracted considerable scientific interest due to its potential to ...

May 8, 2017 - For people going through a divorce, a technique called narrative expressive writing--not just writing about their emotions, but creating a meaningful narrative of their experience--may ...

If writing about the difficult parts of your life were a drug — called "expressive writing" in the literature — it would be making bank for some faceless pharmaceutical company. The guy who discovered ...

Previous research suggests that writing about stressful experiences results in better health and psychological well-being. In the present study, a multi-ethnic sample of 79 HIV-positive women and men ...

Writing about your cancer experience could be beneficial. Loree Luther first picked up a pen to write about her experience with cancer a few weeks after receiving a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma at ...

The unfolding Coronavirus epidemic is generating tremendous individual and societal anxiety, as reported in almost every newspaper in the world. Why wouldn't it? Paradoxically, this survival reaction ...