Therapeutic Expressive Writing

​Resilient Voices

 

If you find yourself in caregiver roles in your job, community, or family; if you are navigating how to stay resilient and grounded while in support of others – this group is for you. Resilient Voices is an adult spoken word poetry writing group centered on support and decompression for educators, therapists, healing practitioners, and others who work in community service. These groups provide space for discussion and community support while providing the tools for folks to write and speak out their stories.

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With Families

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We offer writing groups for families to increase their bonds, support healthy communication, build empathy, heal from past traumas and move through family life cycle transitions. Families with children of all ages are welcome. We include expressive arts methods in these groups to make sure all family members’ communication abilities are met and included (visual arts, music, movement, performance, play). Families are supported to explore and reauthor their shared stories.

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Youth Groups

 

We offer writing groups for youth and young adults to support normal development and process hardships. We using expressive writing and performance to explore their identities, cope with stress, build active listening skills, and speak out against injustices in their lives. Spoken word poetry is particularly important for adolescents (ages 11-19), as they need creative spaces to explore their identities and develop their voice.

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ADD ON

​System Impacted

 

We work with youth and families who have been impacted by systems. We provide workshops in youth correctional facilities, with youth on probation, or with youth at risk for system involvement. These workshops are designed to help folks work through traumatic experiences, find positive coping strategies, and increase supportive connections. Spoken word poetry allows system-engaged youth to flip an oppressive script that has framed them as helpless, dangerous and unredeemable; instead asserting a reality where they are powerful speakers, empathetic listeners and full of infinite potential to create a life worth living for themselves.