This year, the Global Seismographic Network (GSN) surpassed its 128‐station design goal for uniform worldwide coverage of the Earth. A total of 136 GSN stations are now sited from the South Pole to Siberia, and from the Amazon Basin to the sea floor of the northeast Pacific Ocean—in cooperation with over 100 host organizations and seismic networks in 59 countries worldwide (Figure 1). Established in 1986 by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) to replace the obsolete, analog Worldwide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN),the GSN continues a tradition in global seismology that dates back more than a century to the network of Milne seismographs that initially spanned the globe. The GSN is a permanent network of state‐of‐the‐art seismological and geophysical sensors connected by available telecommunications to serve as a multi‐use scientific facility and societal resource for scientific research, environmental monitoring, and education for our national and international community.

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Expressive writing (EW) can be a useful supplement to psychotherapy, regardless of therapeutic orientation. In an open trial of exposure-based cognitive therapy for depression, 43 participants used EW before each session, producing 928 EW samples. Using examples from these, we discuss how EW can be used to both promote and track therapeutic change. Specifically, we review the impact of EW on therapeutic growth, via self-monitoring, increased awareness, and exposure/emotional processing. We then discuss how EW can be used to track important predictors of change such as symptoms, therapeutic alliance, social support, avoidance, and hopelessness. We conclude by discussing potential limitations to the use of EW in therapy and by recommending specific strategies for incorporating EW into clinical practice.Expressive writing (EW) can be a useful supplement to psycho therapy, regardless of therapeutic orientation. As we will review, several therapy frameworks incorporate EW, and a robust body of This article was published Online First August 25, 2014. J o r d e n A . C u m m in g s received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Delaware. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her areas of professional interest include components of psychotherapy that promote and hinder change, as well as the bidirectional relationship between inter personal connections and psychopathology. A d e l e M . H a y e s received her PhD in clinical psychology from State University of New York, Stony Brook and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. She is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Delaware. Her areas of professional interest include examination of the process of change in psychotherapies for depression and anxiety, as well as treatment develop ment and prevention research.D. S e b a s t ia n S a in t received his BA (Honours) in psychology from the University of Calgary. He is currently a PhD candidate in clinical psychol ogy at the University of Saskatchewan. His areas of professional interest include depression, expressive writing, and social support.J e f f P a r k received his PhD in curriculum studies at University of Saskatchewan. He is currently an associate professor in Curriculum Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. His main areas of research include writing theory, creativity, curriculum theory and history, narrative, artbased research methodologies, and literacy issues.T h is r e s e a r c h w a s su pp o r t e d in part by research indicates that stand-alone EW is linked to change. The purpose of this article is threefold. First, we briefly review literature on the impact of EW on clinical psychotherapy outcomes. Second, we discuss how EW can be used to promote therapeutic change and track treatment progress vis-h-vis a discussion of the relevant underlying principles. We illustrate these aforementioned points using case ex amples derived from an open trial of expo...

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