Expressive narrative writing therapy with inflammatory bowel disease patients

Abstract

This article describes a new, structured short-term psychotherapy approach to working with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) patients, based up on the integration of expressive writing therapy and narrative therapy. After reviewing the theoretical background and empirical literature on expressive writing and narrative therapy, a rationale for their integration, in particular with the IBD patient population, is made. A detailed description of the approach along with case materials follows.