Writing therapy

Distinguish a personal practice from a therapeutic intervention

Writing-therapy articles discuss expressive writing and related research, including how structured exercises differ from an ordinary journal. Their findings depend on the task, participants and outcomes studied.

Read the method and limitations before trying an exercise. These pages are educational resources, not an individualized treatment plan or evidence that memoir is clinically effective.

• The Science Behind Journaling: How Writing Changes the Brain, Body, and Behavior
• Pennebaker journaling: the method, evidence and a writing example