NBM2516-W - Patient-Centered Expressive and Therapeutic Writing: Concepts and Applications

Program Description

A growing body of literature supports health-related outcomes of reflective, expressive, and therapeutic writing for people living with physical and mental illness. This highly interactive two-part workshop will review the evidence and share practical strategies for creating and leading a writing group for patients and clients.

Learn how to screen and select participants who would benefit from participating in a writing group, set appropriate group boundaries, facilitate effective group sessions, and offer appropriate feedback on writing within sessions. In addition, approaches for encouraging patients and clients to engage in expressive and therapeutic writing activities on their own will also be explored.

The first session will review the evidence base for expressive and therapeutic writing uses, introduce the goal of developing narrative competence, walk through a writing exercise, and examine a writing sample for close reading and group discussion. The second session will focus on facilitating writing groups with prompts and suggestions for writing exercises and guidance on nurturing safety within writing group environments.

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• Under Review