Expressive writing
Subtitle: words that heal : using expressive writing to overcome traumas and emotional upheavals, resolve issues, improve health, and buid resilience
By: James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, the University of Texas at Austin, and John F. Evans, Ed.D., Integrative Health Coach, Wellness & Writing Connections
Contributors: Evans, John Frank
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781611580464
Subjects: Authorship; Therapeutic use; Psychological aspects; Diaries; Writing
Other titles: Words that heal
Description: "Write about what keeps you awake at night." That's the advice James Pennebaker and John Evans offer in Expressive Writing: Words that Heal. This book will help you overcome the traumas and emotional upheavals that are keeping you awake. You'll resolve issues, improve your health, and build resilience. Based on nearly 30 years of scientific research, the book shows you how and when expressive writing can improve your health. Its clear explanations of the writing process will enable you to express your most serious issues and deal with them through writing".-- book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-196).
Table of contents: title: The essentials of writing for health. Why write about trauma or emotional upheaval?; title: How can we get ready to write?; title: What are the basic writing techniques?; title: How can we look back at our writing?; title: Experimenting with writing. Writing to break mental blocks; title: Writing to appreciate the good in a sometimes bad world; title: Writing and editing your story; title: Writing to change perspectives; title: Writing in different contexts; title: Writing creatively with fiction, poetry, dance, and art; title: Transform your health: writing to heal. Expressive writing; title: Transactional writing; title: Poetic writing; title: Story telling; title: Affirmative writing; title: Legacy writing; title: Conclusions.