Therapeutic Creative Writing and Storytelling Workshops for Carers

Led by award-winning published writer Karen McKnight who has lived experience as a carer and has spent years helping individuals and groups to find their voice through writing, these creative writing workshops will cover a range of writing styles such as freewriting, poetry, memoir and fiction-writing, allowing for the development of creative self-expression, storytelling skills and supportive peer dynamics.

Sessions

Week 1: Friday 6th June 2025

  • Stream of consciousness.
  • Letting go of the rules of writing through a range of intuitive, right brain techniques.
  • These work towards reconnecting to oneself, one’s values and to what makes life meaningful.

Week 2: Friday 13th June 2025

  • Discovering your story.
  • Compiling lists of significant moments and turning points in your life as a way of mapping your journey, observing patterns and discovering the stories you want to tell.

Week 3: Friday 20th June 2025

  • The Hero’s Journey, story structure & fictionalising.
  • Retelling one’s story as a character on a Hero’s Journey using a structure which is empowering and enlightening can resolve concerns about privacy.

Week 4: Friday 27th June 2025

  • The power of poetry as a therapeutic tool.
  • An introduction to list poetry, Beat Poets and poetry prompts to create moving and powerful spoken word poems.
  • Living the Writer’s Life: An overview of peer led writing groups, and where to from here.

Therapeutic Creative Writing and Storytelling Workshops for Carers

when

Friday 06 Jun 2025

12:30PM - 4:30PM

where

182 Widford Street, Broadmeadows VIC 3047

cost

Free

contact

North East Metro Mental Health & Wellbeing Connect

Chuck Cheng

(03) 8850 4136