In-Person Writing Workshops for Therapists – Winter: Contemplation

Each day-long session will help you to take meaningful steps towards writing fluently and confidently. Participants are welcome to attend some or all of the series.

Therapists may do narrative work every day in the consulting room, but writing itself can seem daunting; hard to start, hard to finish, and worryingly like putting ourselves up for investigation. We overcome this state through understanding; each workshop will examine a different stage of the writing process, mapping it to the appropriate season and exploring what this seasonal energy can teach us about how to write.

Like the seasons, creativity is cyclical: listening within, ideas blooming, projects maturing or coming to nothing – and then we start again. Along the way we contend with the opposing forces that govern us, as they shift throughout the cycle. Recognising these shifting tensions can free us as writers and enrich our work as therapists.

Following their inaugural writing workshop for Confer, Stella Duffy and Chris Cleave – both therapists, writers and writing mentors – return with this uniquely created series. These workshops aim to replenish the creativity and fluent communication that drive a therapist’s work throughout the year.

Bring pen, paper, and yourself.