Here are the 11 worksheets for self-expressive writing:
- The Benefits Of Writing
- Motivation For The Client
- Instructions For The Practitioner
- Working With Writing Therapy
- Fear Setting
- Healing From Trauma Through Writing
- Reflection Prompts
- Self-Reflective Writing Exercises
- Working Towards Your Ideal Self
- Writing About Intensely Positive Experiences
- Further Writing Resources
Credits to Craig Smith for helping me put all this together. You’re a rockstar Craig. (literally)
Hi
The article 83 Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
By Courtney E Eckerman is SPOT ON
I’m 51
Began Journaling when I was 17 because I was a
1. Loner
2. Depressed person (didn’t know it then – diagnosed Bipolar by a psychologist who I sleeked help from…..didn’t work out…long story)
3. Had a disassociated Personality – stemmed from childhood ( had emotional abandonment disorder – from my mom leaving me at 4 years old for 4 years –
I’m Eastern European and was brought up in a household where you don’t talk about your problems so I began to write because I had no one to talk to, I discovered all this through writing in a Journal for over 28 years – And I self- healed.
I combined my disassociated personalities accidentally through a practice I had never heard about prior to doing it called MINDFULLNESS – but this MINDFULLNESS EXPERIMENT came about from journaling –
My Journaling took many type of forms
* Poetry – ( Came through me in a Rushing Outpour – I can not write poetry now to save my life)
* Self- Help Note taking
* Dialogue from favorite Movies – Usually deep ones dealing with Artist’s Biographies
* Spiritual Undertones
This Last One – Spiritual Undertone – I felt it through my writing – Not right away
For most of my life I wanted to die -because the emotional pain was very overwhelming
The Journal Was My Best Friend – it helped ease the Pain
When I’d write things such as I’m a loser – I never do anything right
There would be answers back with my own pen ( At the time I didn’t reflect on it – never did) such as You’re more than you know. A conqueror of Life . A Power to be reckoned with
Messages Like that ( If you are a Depressed Person – You know that there’s no way that you can have such feelings off low self worth and in the next line be able to pump yourself up
So there is a SPIRITUAL FORCE that begins working through you when you start asking and Probing WHO AM I ? I was obsessed with this because I was going crazy with my disassociated personalities. And abscessed with figuring out my PURPOSE in life. While I was going through this obsessive quest I couldn’t understand why it was that I was so abscessed with it – in the end I figured out it’s because it’s a CALLING – A SPIRITUAL CALLING – and once I accepted it and began working towards it I felt fully whole and at peace
The only time I’m not at peace within myself is when I seriously say within ” I GIVE UP – THIS IS TOO HARD”
My CALLING? Put out a 4 Voulume Series – MEMOIR of my 27 YearJourney –
My 1st Book done – I’m working on applying my Editor’s suggestions
Sorry for the messy writing – thought jumping
If anyone wants to contact me – I’m living proof that Journaling works
It saved my life / helped me discover my Purpose
Simona Adina
simonayear@yahoo.com
THANK YOU GREAT ARTICLE AND GREAT RESOURCES
YOU ARE INSPIRATIONAL
Hi Simona,
Thank you for sharing the phenomenal impact that journaling as had on your life — that’s amazing!
Best of luck with your upcoming book.
– Nicole | Community Manager
Thank you so much for the resources! It’s enormously valuable and very much appreciated!
Hi Claudia,
So glad to hear you found the materials valuable. Thanks for reading!
– Nicole Celestine | Community Manager
This is really helpful! thank you 🙂
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING SUCH POSITIVE GUIDELINES.
THIS MATERIAL IS AMAZING.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!
OBRIGADA,
Fátima Pestana
I need to get more informations about poetry therapy, and if there any online course for it, or any scholarship for learner from other countries.
Thank you for your efforts.
Love this website, Thank you so much Seth, great job!
WO! I am fascinated by this approach.It takes me back to our foundation in education as students.
Thank you Seph. you are really opening my eyes by the day.
I also feel being welcome here. Very thankful having Sir Seph Pennock in inspiring me and making me feel happy everyday!
From the bottom of my heart together with my hypothalamus, my sincerest thanks to you.
Jemerson Dominguez
Philippines
Amazing material to work with client with who needs to overcome traumas.
Thank you so very much for this very helpful information.
Big thank you for sharing resources.
Thank U. U put together hard stuff in a simple way.
Thank you so much. these articles are so useful.
Thank you so much.This is very informing.
Thank you Seph, very appreciate it !!
This is really fantastic. Thank you, Seph for sharing and support. Greatly appreciated.
thank you very much, they are great
Hi Seph thank you for the PDF download I really appreciated these and the kindness of letting us all download them. Thank you again. Donna
thank you for sharing… extremely helpful tool…
Thank you Seth and Craig. Very nicely presented… inspiring, simple and succinct, and easy to get value out of. Much appreciated.
Super useful for my first responder clients
Thank you Seph. I am looking forward to sitting down to read (and implement) these real soon.
Thank you Seph. These worksheets will be very helpful.
Thanks for such precious treasure!
Thanks for such precious tool. These will surly prove helpful for my life. I have always found writing as the best tool for catharsis. I am really excited to have this treasure. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards
Thank you for your generosity and hardwork of putting all these together in such an elegant way!
The work you have done is an incrediable one….
These resources are out of this world. I love the concise research provided with each exercise. Love them for my own personal use and future clients.
Thank you so very much.
So pleased to have known a person in you who shares my passion for Positive Psychology. Great tools Sir Seph!
These are fantastic! Thank you for creating and sharing these clear concise tools with us, those who want to help and those who want to be helped. I deeply appreciate all of your sharing and emails but this one really hit home. What better way to grasp and pin down the ephemeral… the sparkling growth that can be hard to birth, to find a way to the Ideal Self. Again Thank YOU, Seph.
Take care,
Erin Kampa
Connecticut USA
Wonderful!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to compile these awesome tools!!
I really appreciate this support so much
Our pleasure Sara!
thanks so much. These are great tools that help
Thanks for sharing. It will be of great help for myself and my clients. Thanks! God bless you for your work ahead!!
It’s great
Thank you so much for sharing them Seph. These worksheets are fantastic!
¡¡Gracias por tu generosidad al compartir tu trabajo!!
De nada Graciela 🙂
Hi.
Thank you Seph so much for the positive information. I am involved a lot in counselling and helping people realize their potentials is in my nature. Your help came at a great time.
Much appreciated.
Kind regards
Mary
Great tools Seph – I am familiar with many of them via my positive psychology certification but putting them together like this in such a fine format (along with the research behind it) for all of us is very professional, generous and kind of you and Craig. Happy Holidays and GBY!
Happy holidays to you too Sai! We’re hoping many clients and practitioners alike will get to profit from these exercises.
Thank you so much, You are so very generous with your information. Much appreciated
Thank you very much for your great insights and generous offer to share what you produce!
Thank you for all this valuable material. Happy Hanukkah.
Thanku so much
Thank you Seph, These look great, good resources and very clear.
Thank you for this resource and valuable tool
Hi
Thank you very much for these worksheets.I would definitely use these exercises to help my clients.
So glad to hear that Mansi!
Thank-you very much for your great insights and generous offer to share what you produce!
Anytime Trish 🙂 Our pleasure
Many thanks for these interesting Writing Therapy PDFs!
Pleasure John!
Thank you Seph and all. Amazing resources!
Hope they’ll be of use Anna 🙂
So happy to see there was enough a demand that you created these worksheets. Will be working with my clients using them.
thank you and happy holiday.
Thanks so much for sharing Seph! Always valuable!
You are so very generous with your information. With love and thanks for your regular gifts.
Good resource material…Thanks
Thank you!
Thanks Seph 🙂 I really appreciate your efforts and the resources are great. I’m planning to use some of the reflection prompts with my team today. Have a wonderful holiday season.
Fantastic resources – thanks so much!
Thanks for the education
Thank you very for the very useful resource
Hi Seph,
This material will be very useful, and for those like me that are undergoing changes. Ilove the processes involved in navigating & making those adjustments.
thanks Stephanie.
Thank you!! It is really a good approach for any expression whether positive or negative. I am sure going to download it.
Hi Seph,
Thank you I am sure to download the PDFs and to make good use of them.
The stuff I wanted to write about was overflowing in my mind that I once thought of writing a book and was seeking help from publishers, yet I realized I needed to recollect my thoughts first.
I strongly hope that the writing would help me heal and break the grudge.
I wish you happy days, and
Merry Christmas !
Thank you Seph and Co. I get your passion for positive psychology….:)
I also have a passion to increase better decision making in life. Or increase positiveness/ happiness over all. Because I expect that will increase better decision making…
I read somewhere that each person takes around 35.000 decisions pr. day. Some of them without noticing it… Some ones are good and some less good…
One better decision can make a difference in life….:)
Rgds. Sturri from Iceland.
Thank u Seph
Thank you for all of this information. I am starting my Writing Class tonight with my client group. It is IOP, and all seemed really interested as long as they were directed. Ill Let you know how it turns out.
Thanks for sharing. A great tool to have.
Yes lately i have found that writing my thoughts down have helped me in many ways. Thank you for the remiders.
Awesome. Thank you
Thanks very much for the very useful worksheets on self-expressive writing. Much appreciated.
Thank you!!!
Hi there
Thank you so much for the great help. It’s very helpful