The Return of Regular Writing For Wellbeing Workshops I’ve offered fewer workshops than normal over the last 18 months due to my ongoing University studies in Counselling.  However, my course comes to an end in May and I am now in a place to return more of my time to my first love – working with groups to enhance, not just an individual, but also a collective sense of wellbeing. The joy of group work for me is that we are undoubtedly greater than the sum of our parts when we come together with like-minded others to witness each other’s stories.  We not only accompany each other on our adventures into our thoughts and feelings but we also nurture medicine for the soul.  I will be centering this first series of 4 workshops around The Four Elements of Nature  – Air, Water, Earth and Fire.  Prompts will be varied and we will also engage in writing outdoors if the elements allow! Dates are as follows:  February 16th, March 2nd, 16th & 30th Thursday mornings, in Banchory, from 10am – 12.30pm with a coffee break for refreshments. Cost for the series of 4 workshops is £120. Please contact me if you’d like more information or to book your place. A second series of 4 fortnightly workshops will be offered in May and June.  Details will be advertised here and on my Elaine Reid Writing facebook page when booking is open.

Online Writing For Wellbeing Workshops Online workshops will begin again from May with a series of 4 fortnightly workshops. If you would like to register your interest in these workshops please e-mail me. They will be similar in format to the in-person workshops, run for 2.5 hours and cost £120 for the series of 4.

Expressive Writing For Therapeutic Practitioners I offered my first one-day training course for trainee counsellors in August last year through Grounded Learning in Aberdeen.  This was a hugely enjoyable experience and one I look forward to repeating. However, I would also like to offer a fortnightly Expressive Writing Group to counsellors and other therapeutic practitioners in all stages of their career.  The main focus of the group would be to support practitioner self-care and resiliency.  Of course, we learn by doing, and you will undoubtedly learn about how to work with, and offer, expressive writing exercises within your own practice by coming along.  In addition however, his type of writing group can also be a wonderful source of self-exploration, stimulation for your own creativity, fun, and a chance to meet like-minded others.  This will be something for August onward.  It would be an evening workshop held most likely in Aberdeen.  As I’m still in the planning stage there is room for adjustment however! If this sounds of interest to you, please contact me to discuss further.

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