“Healing Through the Written Word” by Karen Cangialosi is an article written about the healing effects of writing for patients with illnesses such as asthma or rheumatoid arthritis. Cangialosi effectively persuades therapists that writing has many different healing effects for patients and is also a cost effective alternative form of medication as well. After reading this article as a therapist, they would logically want to try this method for their patients as well. See how many success stories that were present in the article. Cangialosi uses expert opinions to further convince the therapist with more experts showing their support and providing their positive results. By including expert opinions, the article has more weight than it would
