James W. Pennebaker

249 Pages
Paperback 1997 ISBN 978-1-57230-238-9 Cat. #0238 Price: $16.95 $14.41 order	E-book February 2012 ISBN 978-1-46250-484-8 EPUB format Price: $16.95 $14.41 order

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1. Confession and Inhibition: The Beginnings of an Approach

2. Inhibition as a Health Threat

3. Becoming Healthier Through Writing

4. Confession in the Laboratory

5. The Battle to Inhibit Our Thoughts

6. On Speeding Up Coping

7. Understanding the Value of Writing

8. The Social Price of Disclosure: Whom to Tell and How to Listen

9. Love, Passion, and Thrills

10. The Inhibited Personality

11. Inhibited Cities

12. Confession in Context: Therapy, Religion, and Brainwashing

13. Beyond Traumas: Writing and Well-Being