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Since the 1970's the use of writing as an informal therapy has shown significant positive results. “Letters never sent: Using freewriting to tend to unfinished business” is a “writing as therapy” workshop that offers techniques to guide individuals as they write through change cycles. This workshop has provided participants a way to untangle themselves from the past and has involved them in the path to well-being. Specifically, it employs freewriting—a writing method that harnesses the internal editor, the censor, through a series of timed writing exercises. Through this freewriting workshop, participants can make significant discoveries about themselves.
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McAllister, C.H., Wolff, M.C. Letters Never Sent: Tending to Unfinished Business. Journal of Poetry Therapy 15, 187–193 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020758304608
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