Therapeutic Writing Interventions for Adults With Chronic Pain: Experiences and Health Effects—A Systematic Review With a Narrative Synthesis

This review clarifies when therapeutic writing may be clinically useful in chronic pain care: as a low-intensity adjunct that can support coping and psychological adjustment in specific contexts and patient groups. By integrating experiential and quantitative evidence, it highlights the importance of delivery structure, emotional pacing and patient characteristics, and identifies targets for better-designed interventions that can be safely incorporated into multidisciplinary pain management.