The value of written communications in dynamic psychotherapy.
The literature on the use of written communication in interpretive psychotherapy is reviewed, and a range of possible uses of writing by patients and therapists is described, with some illustration. It is suggested that greater use of writing at some stages of some psychotherapies could be valuable.
D003142:Communication; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014956:Writing