“…Building on these principles, expressive writing was designed to be used as an element in therapy or as an independent intervention to promote meaning-making and integrate traumatic content into a personal narrative ( De Luca Picione et al, 2017 ; De Luca Picione et al, 2018 ; Martino & Freda, 2016 ; Martino et al, 2013 ). One such expressive writing intervention, the Guided Written Disclosure Protocol (GWDP) has been used to reduce distress, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in parents of children with cancer, whereas results for depression have been less promising ( Cafaro et al, 2019 ; Dicé et al, 2018 ; Duncan & Gidron, 1999 ; Duncan et al, 1998 ; Gidron et al, 2002 ; Martino et al, 2019 ; Martino et al, 2013 ). This protocol is designed to help participants build an increasingly complex and coherent narrative by building on themes of meaning-making, insight, emotion-regulation, mastery and self-efficacy ( Baikie & Wilhelm, 2005 ).…”