Therapy clients often find writing to be a useful resource, whether to express the ‘unsayable’ or to understand their feelings in a more tangible form. Through practice, this workshop will explore some helpful techniques and raise confidence in using the written and spoken word.

Some counsellors and psychotherapists use creative writing as part of their own reflective practice to understand transferential relationships, create boundaries between sessions and for their own personal and professional development.

The day will focus on a range of applications, including:
· Supporting clients’ metaphors
· Images into words – poetry as resource
· Creative journaling & narrative practice
· Reflective practice
· Autobiographical fiction
· Pleasures and pitfalls of using creative writing

Claire Williamson brings an integrative approach to using creative writing in the therapeutic encounter. She’s Programme Leader for Metanoia Institute’s MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP), with over 20 years' experience in the field of CWTP, including work in bereavement, mental health, addiction recovery, self-injury, cancer care, plus many educational and artistic settings.

Date: Friday 1 June 2018, 10:00am – 3:30pm
Location: Chepstow Therapy Rooms, 10 Hocker Hill Street, Chepstow NP16 5ER
Cost: £85 (Early bird £65 if booked by 30th April 2018)

Further details here 

To book a place, please contact Anne on 07863 976 833; gestaltcentrewales@gmail.com or Lucy admin@gestaltcentrewales.com

Please contact Claire on info@clairewilliamson.co.uk if you have any queries.