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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.
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Therapeutic Creative Writing and Storytelling Workshops for Carers
when
Friday 06 Jun 2025
12:30PM - 4:30PM
cost
Free
contact
North East Metro Mental Health & Wellbeing Connect
Chuck Cheng