Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When used correctly, therapeutic writing is an effective tool in psychotherapy and self-help. But who is it suitable for and how ...

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 ...

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,” ...

When I need to find new ways of looking at something or I feel stuck, I try non-dominant hand writing therapy. I simply switch my pen to my left hand, write with my non-dominant writing hand and let ...

That line from the musical “Hamilton” inspires me to keep telling the story of my daughter Mallory. She died two years ago Friday at the age of 25, two months after receiving a transplant to replace ...

Over the past year, we have been working closely with colleagues here at Boston College to develop a psychologically rich, humanities-informed Creative Writing Master’s Program oriented toward ...