self-therapy

noun

self-ther·​a·​py ˌself-ˈther-ə-pē 

: therapeutic treatment of oneself especially for the purpose of coping with one's personal or emotional problems

tools for self-therapy

used meditation as self-therapy

In a sense the confessional poem can be seen as a kind of self-therapy, the poem itself a way of relieving the psychological tension building in the poet.

—Maxine Kumin

… nearly 50% of the respondents said they write a blog because it serves as a form of self-therapy.

—Computerworld

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above