Mastery or mystery? Therapeutic writing: A review of the literature

By Jeannie K. Wright, M. Chung. 2001

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Online Counseling (2005, background): “Wright and Chung (2001), in a review of literature related to therapeutic writing, suggested that therapeutic writing has been beneficial for those who perceive themselves to be powerless, who are not using their first language in FtF therapy, who are silenced by shame or other inhibiting emotions…”
Effects of expressive writing on depressive symptoms—A meta‐analysis (2018, background): “In the current literature, this intervention is known under a variety of names, such as expressive writing (e.g., Smyth & Pennebaker, 2008), written emotional disclosure (e.g., Frisina, Borod, & Lepore, 2004), scriptotherapy (e.g., Riordan, 1996), or therapeutic writing (e.g., Wright & Chung, 2001).”