Opening up
Subtitle: the healing power of expressing emotions
By: James W. Pennebaker.
Publisher: Guildford Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Inhibition -- Health aspects; Self-disclosure -- Health aspects; Written communication -- Therapeutic use; Stress (Psychology) -- Prevention; Mind and body
Description: Psychologist James W. Pennebaker has conducted controlled clinical research that sheds new light on the powerful mind-body connection. This book interweaves his findings with insightful case studies on secret-keeping, confession, and the hidden price of silence. Filled with encouragement, Opening Up explains : how writing about your problems can improve your health, how long-buried trauma affects the immune system, why it's never too late to heal old emotional wounds, when self-disclosure may be risky-and how to know whom to trust.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and indexes.