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Employment counseling and life stressors: coping through expressive writing
Author(s) -
Soper Barlow,
Bergen C. W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2001.tb00497.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , coping (psychology) , stressor , psychological intervention , unemployment , psychotherapist , context (archaeology) , social psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , paleontology , psychiatry , economics , biology , economic growth
Job loss can be one of life's most traumatic experiences, especially if the unemployment is extended. In addition to more common interventions used by employment counselors and others dedicated to assisting clients in the search for work, it can be helpful to assist clients in expressing their negative feelings through writing. Expressive writing is a powerful technique used successfully to confront traumatic life events. Beneficial effects of expressive writing include understanding why feelings occur. Factors that favorably influence expressive writing and specific procedures for implementation in the employment counseling context are discussed.