Preface. Confession and Inhibition: The Beginnings of an Approach. Inhibition as a Health Threat. Becoming Healthier Through Writing. Confession in the Laboratory. The Battle to Inhibit Our Thoughts. On Speeding Up Coping. Understanding the Value of Writing. The Social Price of Disclosure: Whom to Tell and How to Listen. Love, Passion, and Thrills. The Inhibited Personality. Inhibited Cities. Confession in Context: Therapy, Religion, and Brainwashing. Beyond Traumas: Writing and Well-Being.
James W. Pennebaker, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research on stress, emotion, and health has been funded by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, and has resulted in the publication of over 100 articles and 7 books.
Since receiving his doctoral degree in 1977, Pennebaker has
taught at the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist
University. His recent honors include an Honorary Doctorate degree
from the University of Louvain (Belgium), the Pavlov Award, and the
Hilgard Visiting Professorship at Stanford University. He lives in
Austin with his wife, Ruth (a writer), and two children.
"Dr. Pennebaker has demonstrated that expressing emotions appears
to protect the body against damaging internal stresses and seems to
have long-term health benefits." - Daniel Goleman, PhD, The New
York Times
"This book is the very best that scientific psychology has to
offer. Pennebaker has made remarkable discoveries that show how
disclosing our deepest secrets can make us well....This work throws
open new doors of understanding and offers new hope for gaining
control of our lives." - Daniel M. Wegner, PhD, author of White
Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts
"Intelligent and provocative." - Kirkus Reviews
"Some of the most important findings published in psychology in the
past decade. This work, if followed, would change the lives of
millions of people." - Robert Ornstein, PhD, coauthor of Healthy
Pleasures
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