Employment counseling and life stressors: coping through expressive writing

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...

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Published in:Journal of employment counseling 2001-09, Vol.38 (3), p.150-160
Main Authors: Soper, Barlow, Von Bergen, C. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect (Psychology)
Blood pressure
Career Counseling
Control Groups
Coping
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Effect Size
Emotions
Employment
Expressive Language
Expressive Writing
Feedback (Response)
Health aspects
Inhibition
Intervention
Job Applicants
Life stress
Meta Analysis
Modeling (Psychology)
Occupational psychology
Physical Health
Physiology
Psychological aspects
Psychotherapy
Resistance (Psychology)
Self-disclosure
Trauma
Unemployed workers
Unemployment
United States
Vocational counselling
Writing
Writing Exercises
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0022-0787
2161-1920
DOI:10.1002/j.2161-1920.2001.tb00497.x