Writing for Emotional Balance

Description

A psychologist with an expertise in journal therapy, guides the reader through exercises designed to develop skills to manage out-of-control emotions, mood swings, anger, grief, depression, and mania. By teaching the reader to name emotions, use expressive writing to explore the roots of emotion, and track emotional states, the reader learns to express feelings and emotions in appropriate and healthy ways.

Beth Jacobs, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She serves as a contributed services faculty member at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. She has a special interest in journal-assisted therapy and has designed and run workshops for the public, including several popular programs sponsored by Barnes and Noble. She uses journal-assisted therapy extensively in her practice.

"Writing for Emotional Balance is a great workbook that is well suited for people who need to get a better understanding of their own emotional lives. Jacobs is a smart and compassionate writer who provides a wide array of exercises that can help people to reach and maintain optimal emotional and mental health." --James W. Pennebaker, professor of psychology as the University of Texas at Austin and author of Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotion and Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval