Your Brain on Ink

<p>Deborah Ross, LPC is a licensed psychotherapist in the Washington DC area. She has graduated from both the Mindsight Institute’s program in interpersonal neurobiology and the Therapeutic Writing Institute, from which she earned the Certified Journal Therapist credential.<br /><br>Kathleen Adams LPC is a licensed psychotherapist in Denver, Colorado. She is the founder/director of the Center for Journal Therapy and the online Therapeutic Writing Institute and is the series editor for the It’s Easy to W.R.I.T.E. expressive writing series.</p><br>

<p>Foreword<br /><br>Preface<br /><br>Dear Reader: An Introduction to the Workbook<br /><br><br /><br>Section 1: A User-Friendly Guide to Your Brain and Your Journal<br /><br><br /><br>1. Prelude<br /><br>2. Welcome to Neuroplasticity<br /><br>3. The Art and Science of Expressive Writing<br /><br>4. The Journal Ladder<br /><br>5. Brain Maps<br /><br>6. The Reflection Write<br /><br><br /><br>Section 2: The Write Way to Positive Brain Change<br /><br><br /><br>7. The Brain as Velcro® and Teflon®<br /><br>8. Your Limbic System<br /><br>9. The Brain Takes the Shape the Mind Rests Upon<br /><br>10. Neural Darwinism<br /><br>11. Neurons that Fire Together, Wire Together<br /><br>12. For Your Olfactory Delight<br /><br>13. The Masking of a Negative is Not a Positive<br /><br>14. From Positive State to Positive Trait<br /><br>15. Building Neural Circuitry<br /><br>16. Series of Three<br /><br>17. And Now for Something Completely Different<br /><br>18. Anticipate a Blossoming of Creative Delight<br /><br>19. Short Bursts of Radiance<br /><br>20. A Radical Departure<br /><br>21. Overwriting the Negative<br /><br><br /><br>Section 3: Our Last Collective Firings<br /><br><br /><br>22. Reprise: Your Brain Takes the Shape Your Mind Rests Upon<br /><br>23. Bridging Into the Future<br /><br><br /><br>References<br /><br>Literature Review: Evidence-Based Research on Expressive Writing<br /><br>Acknowledgments<br /><br>About the Authors</p><br>