Talk:Writing therapy

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Forms of writing therapy
I think I agree that we shouldn't use a 'also known as' for poetry therapy at the top. However, Bibliotherapy, poetry therapy, distance writing therapy, group writing therapy, therapuetic processing through writing, jounrnaling, colaborative writing therapy, imrpovisational story games and word clustering/word webs I think are all interelated. In my recent class into writing as a therapuetic modality, bibliotherapy and poetry therapy were included as subjects, and I think like drama therapy which includes playback theater and psychodrama, writing therapy should be considered a umbrella term, just under expressive therapies. I think it would be a mistake to limit the article only to generative writing as a therapuetic intervention.leontes 16:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Pennebaker paradigm
The section on expressive writing and its effects on psychological and health outcomes is out of date. As of 2006 there were over 120 studies using a variation of the Pennabaker paradigm and probably a large number have been published since then. The effects are reliable, but small (mean correlation between experimental treatment and outcomes of .07). The Frattaroli reference below provides a good summary until 2006. This meta-analysis identifies at least three potential explanations of the effects of expressive writing. They should be represented in the review. I've put down some additional references for other recent reviews of this work.


 * 1) Frattaroli, J. (2006). Experimental disclosure and its moderators: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(6), 823.
 * 2) Harris, A. H. S. (2006). Does expressive writing reduce health care utilization? A meta-analysis of randomized trials. Journal of consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(2), 243.
 * 3) Pennebaker, J. W., & Chung, C. K. (2007). Expressive writing, emotional upheavals, and health. Handbook of health psychology, 263-284.
 * 4) Smyth, J. M., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2008). Exploring the boundary conditions of expressive writing: In search of the right recipe. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13(1), 1-7.

Since there is so much research on this topic, should there be a separate WP article on it?

Robertekraut (talk) 20:14, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism in the article
Lots of (un)related words with capital letters in the article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.23.18.65 (talk) 11:24, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Useful reference
This systematic review was recently published and seems highly relevant. (Don't have time to go through it and add material myself right now.) Bondegezou (talk) 15:50, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Expansion
Hello! I am planning on editing the Writing Therapy Wiki page. I would like to expand upon the Pennebaker Paradigm, addressing the comment from a couple of years ago stating the the research reviews referenced are out of date. I am unsure if I will modify the current section, and rather add a new section. The section would likely be below the Pennebaker Paradigm, focusing on "clinical implication of expressive writing", with a sub-section on expressive writing specifically in cancer patient populations. It will contain references to more recent (within the last decade) reviews of research conducted on expressive writing. Narrative medicine may also be included in regards to writing therapy, however, Narrative Medicine has its own Wiki page, so this section will focus primarily on expressive writing. PolarBear10 (talk) 16:59, 27 March 2021 (UTC)