Healing from heterosexism: A discovery-oriented task analysis of emotion-focused writing

Background: Expressive writing exercises are associated with psychological benefits for LGBTQ + adults processing sexual minority stressors, but the processes through which this occurs remain unclear.Methods: A discovery-oriented task analysis was conducted on emotion-focused expressive writing responses about troubling heterosexist experiences. Eighteen cases were analyzed in total.Results: The analyses produced a four-stage model that...