What do you do when you’re feeling sad or low? Maybe you reach out to friends or stay in bed watching your favorite series on TV.

Have you ever considered turning to writing as a therapy?

Studies have shown that those who write about their most traumatic or stressful experiences experience better health outcomes.

The stories we tell ourselves give us meaning in our lives. Writing therapy helps you explore the stories you tell yourself, the feelings associated with those events, and what meanings we can draw from events.

Writing can be a powerful, low-cost, and easily accessible therapy. Getting your thoughts and words onto pages empowers you to work through difficulties.

Writing therapy can help you sort through your stories and feelings around grief, anxiety, life transitions, or even stress. Writing therapy gives you a safe space to track your progress and self-reflect.

While writing may not always be a complete replacement for therapy, it’s still a tool you can use to work through your thoughts. It’s also a tool that can complement your regular therapy appointments.

Writing therapy is a guided way for you to interact with and analyze events that happen in your life. Through writing therapy, you explore your beliefs around those events - and how your beliefs might trigger certain feelings.

Follow these journal prompts to start exploring your thoughts:

1. Start your day with Morning Pages.

Morning Pages, a daily practice popularized by Julia Cameron, are three pages of unfiltered writing. This daily practice of filling three pages with your unfiltered thoughts can help clear your mind to start the day fresh.

2. The WDEP Model (Wants, Doing, Evaluate, Plan).

The WDEP Model can help you think about what you want and whether or not you are making the choices needed to get what you want. It can help you feel more in control about your daily decisions.

● Wants. What do you want?

● Doing. What are you doing to get what you want?

● Evaluate. Is what you are doing helping you get to what you want?

● Plan. Can you make a more effective plan to get what you want?

3. The ABC Model (Activating Event, Beliefs, Consequences).

We tend to think that activating events leads to consequences. This can help you explore your beliefs and reflect about your emotions.

● Activating Event. The event that triggers an emotion or thoughts.

● Beliefs. What you believe or think about the activating event. Our beliefs are the part that often subconsciously get overlooked.

● Consequences. The emotions we feel as a result of the activating event and our beliefs.

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