Taking a few minutes to jot down your thoughts and feelings using a technique called “expressive writing” can free up brain space and helps the mind function more efficiently, according to a new study ...

In order to become an expressive writing therapist, you must first become a psychologist or psychiatrist; that degree allows you to call yourself a therapist. You can be a therapeutic writing ...

We know that writing with pen and paper is good for your brain. But it’s also good for your heart and soul. Researchers have found that people who practice expressive writing — that is, writing to ...

A recent New York Times article with the provocative title ‘How to be happy’ listed a number of steps to increase this elusive state (1). They were divided into categories of improving the home ...

People who wrote emotionally about past stressful events two weeks before having a biopsy had their wound heal faster than people who wrote about factual day to day activities, a study has found. The ...

Do you keep a diary in good times or bad? According to researchers James W. Pennebaker and Joshua M. Smyth, most journalers tend to fall squarely in one of the two categories: Either they write ...

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 British journal ...

Chronic worriers, take note: Simply writing about your feelings may help you perform an upcoming stressful task more efficiently, finds a Michigan State University study that measured participants' ...

In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Lawrence An discusses how expressive writing can be a tool to reduce stress in patients with cancer. When dealing with a cancer diagnosis, an individual may find ...

It can even promote faster wound healing. In a 2013 study, researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand had 49 healthy adults, ages 64 to 97, spend 20 minutes a day for three consecutive ...