It doesn't cost anything or take long, gives quick results, works everywhere and could improve mental health. Writing therapy, also known as journal therapy or therapeutic writing, is said to help ...

Stuart Johnson was skeptical about the writing therapy his psychologist recommended to treat his post-traumatic stress disorder. Writing, the Persian Gulf War veteran said, was not his forte. But the ...

Writing therapy, whether as a solo practice or done in partnership with a licensed mental health clinician, has long been a powerful tool “for unpacking and making sense of our thoughts and feelings,” ...

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Did you ever keep a diary? The kind with a lock and key or a spiral notebook you kept under the mattress as a kid? When you think of journaling, you might think of recording your daily thoughts and ...

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URBANA – When Nia Klein was fighting breast cancer, she found medicine could only cure her body. It took her own written words to heal the rest of her. In jagged, dark letters, she unleashed her fury, ...

When my husband died unexpectedly in 2001, I’d never heard of expressive writing. And you know what? It wouldn’t have mattered if I had. Three months pregnant, raising a three-year-old, and suddenly a ...

Raegene Riggs, known artistically as Omni Meraki, will facilitate her first community writing workshop in Tulsa. As a writer, artist, and educator, Riggs has spent years guiding students and peers ...

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