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,” ...

A comparatively quick treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, in which a patient writes about traumatic experiences in five supervised 30-minute sessions, is as effective as the therapies most ...

It is not always surgery or state-of the-art treatment that helps ease the pain for patients at Duke Medical Center. Writing therapy can heal the hurt because, sometimes, a patient's best medicine is ...

Now, write it down and tell it in first-person, as if it’s happening right now. Vividly describe what it looks, sounds, smells, tastes and feels like. Don’t hold back. Such an exercise could be ...

Kathleen Cowan was diagnosed with breast cancer 14 years ago. She was in remission for nine years, until the doctors saw it came back at one of her regular check-ups. The cancer had swiftly spread ...

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 ...

Humanistic therapy is a mental health approach that emphasizes the importance of being your true self in order to lead the most fulfilling life. It’s based on the principle that everyone has their own ...

Now, write it down and tell it in first-person, as if it’s happening right now. Vividly describe what it looks, sounds, smells, tastes and feels like. Don’t hold back. Such an exercise could be ...