Expressive Writing for individuals and groups

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Writing is a route to personal development and can be a powerful therapeutic tool; the umbrella term Expressive Writing covers many different forms of writing, including:
 

• Reflective writing

• Therapeutic writing

• Creative writing

• Spontaneous writing

•  ‘Free’ writing or 'stream of consciousness'

•  Journal writing
   

Expressive Writing could be for you if:

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• you have always wanted to write but don’t know where to start

• you would like to feel part of a small, supportive community of fellow local writers

• you want to learn a variety of writing techniques

• you'd like to explore ideas, thoughts and feelings - safely and at your own pace

• you want to gain insight into who you are

• you want to live a more fulfilling and productive life and increase your joy or happiness level 

Writing can be a useful way of ordering our emotions and bearing witness to significant events. Writing can offer a way of simultaneously going deep into ourselves and, paradoxically, be a means of escaping from an inner chatter that can be distracting or disturbing.   
 

The goal is towards integration and acceptance of all the different parts of ourselves; towards becoming happy with who and what we are, and what we potentially can become.
 

Writing helps us find or forge a connection with the vital personal thoughts and experiences of our own lives.
 

Expressive writing is essentially “writing to heal mind, body and soul”.

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