Journal Therapy Supplementing Treatment For Emotional And Physical Conditions

By Della Monroe


Writing your own inner thoughts and feelings has been used for a long time as partial treatment for numerous problems. Some of these conditions include those pertaining to emotional and physical aspects of the person. When used for the purpose of treating conditions, it is often called journal therapy. Psychologists use it with their patients along with other techniques but people can utilize it for this purpose by themselves. It is a way to clarify one's thoughts, feelings, and more.

Each person has to deal with different things in their life. These occurrences vary between individuals but they all need to be dealt with in some way, especially when what has happened is quite negative. There might be many methods of dealing with such things, lessening the impact on life, and to even make them into something positive.

Within the various treatments that a professional may use with their patients, the activity of writing is often employed as well. This action is so the individual can write what they are feeling and thinking. Naturally, this activity can be done not only for one-on-one sessions but for group therapies and those issues being worked out alone or with family.

There are certain reasons why this activity may be employed with other therapies. Writing is a way to help the person understand what they have been through or are currently dealing with. They have a way of expressing their feeling and might be better able to clarify these things.

Various situations may be assisted by using this activity. Depression and anxiety as well as PTSD are three common conditions. However, physical illnesses, relationship problems and other such things can also be dealt with in this way.

There is no particular way of doing this. In most cases, it is just about describing what is going on in the person's head. It includes writing about one's inner thoughts and feelings. It is a way to express oneself without feeling judged. Doing this can bring about a greater understanding and a way to vent emotions.

This being said, this method of treatment is not only for writing negative thoughts. It may include positive thoughts and happy feelings. In fact, describing improvements in life can be a way of feeling even better about it. Uplifting thoughts and emotions are emphasized when they are written. This can make a large impact in the healing process.

Dealing with various issues like relationship problems, depression, anxiety, and physical illnesses can be helped by keeping a journal. This can be done by oneself, as a part of group therapy or as one of the methods of treatment by a psychologist. Individuals are encouraged to write about how they feel and what they are thinking. While negative thoughts are common during these times, eventually through the healing process, these things can be understood. At the times when positive feelings are experiences, these can be documented as well and in fact emphasized, to perhaps speed the healing.




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