PSY 415 - Writing for Health and Wellbeing

This advanced applied course will introduce learners to the professional psychological uses of journaling and memoir writing to promote health and wellbeing. The course will focus on the professional application of cutting-edge science linking journaling and memoir writing to improvements in both psychological and physical health in different populations and age groups. Learners will focus on designing interventions, but will also read memoir as well as write and share journals and brief memoir.