Therapeutic Writing

Therapeutic writing is a conversation with ourselves, a curious noticing, an emptying to refill anew. Lifting the hand to the page, we are turning to ourselves, attuning to ourselves. I find this a beautiful moment.

Writing can be active rest and animated pause. It’s something I have loved since childhood, though I wonder here about the distinction between love and need. Writing has been necessary for me - to understand, to release, to ground myself, to soothe myself. 

When I write I can more fully own my experience. I can script and sculpt myself as I was, as I am, and as the person I’m becoming. There is life here, and support for life, in meeting myself in this way. 

Writing releases me as it teaches me. I give as I receive and my pen mediates the exchange: rarely, if ever, is it too much.

Writing helps me encounter myself, my life, my truth, my sadness and my joy - always just as much as I feel able. And it extends the encounter more than I think possible, every time. 

I feel supported and soothed by its rhythm and flow, the visceral feedback from my words as they appear on the page. I feel deeply accompanied. 

When we write freely to express our inner worlds, it can be richly self regulating and gently revealing. It is a wonderful resource.

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Writing as a powerful tool of expression

In early 2020 I combined my years of experience as a therapist, facilitator and lover of words to create my first therapeutic writing sessions. Since then, I have guided many through monthly sessions and short courses, with feedback that has truly affirmed the power of this work.

Join me for my ongoing monthly writing hours - the Sunday Pages - or for Alchemy, my 9 week writing course, both of which are hosted through community and learning platform The Portal.

The Sunday Pages

Here is a space to gather online each month to be supported and inspired through therapeutic writing. Each month we write on a new theme, curated by myself, and often in tune with seasonal change.

The next gathering is on Sunday 22nd June, 6-7pm.

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Alchemy

Alchemy is my 9 week therapeutic writing experience, in which you are deeply accompanied in your self exploration. Using writing throughout both to guide and ground us, we will meet for 8 weekly online sessions, which I facilitate with care, curiosity and sensitive rigour. We will pause for one week at the half way point to rest and digest before journeying onwards.

Alchemy is currently running for a final round this year. More dates for 2026 coming soon.

A person wearing a gray knitted sweater is writing in a notebook at a wooden desk. On the desk are scissors, a roll of red yarn, and several postage stamps with American flags. A laptop with an open sheet of paper on the screen is also on the desk. A coffee cup and a smartphone are in the background.