Writing to Heal Class Site
Rooted Resilience Parenting Support:
Building Skills, Inspiring Hope
Do you wonder how it’s possible to love so much, yet feel so lost?
You are not alone.
Rooted Resilience support groups and workshops help you build the skills and confidence to parent with love, calm, and clarity.
Writing to Heal:
Parenting Children with Complex Needs
Spring Class Has Started!
Details
Started Friday, May 10th
Runs six consecutive Fridays online
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
$249, space is limited.
Scholarships available (50% discount).
Refer a friend? Receive $25 credit toward your next Rooted Resilience class!
About Writing to Heal
Expressive writing can help us process adversity and trauma. This 6-week course is specially designed for parents of medically complex and/or high-needs children. Participants will gain both an understanding of the theory and practice of expressive writing and, importantly, a sense of community and connection through shared experiences.
Grounded in the research surrounding trauma writing and improved health outcomes, writing and resilience, and narrative agency, each 1.5-hour session will include short content-based discussions as well as opportunities to write and receive feedback in a safe, supportive environment.
Expressive writing can serve as a lifelong tool for managing high-stress circumstances, and participants will also have access to supplemental readings, resources, and writing prompts to extend their practice beyond the class.
No prior writing experience is necessary!
About Laurie Edwards
Laurie is an accomplished author and writing instructor who believes that storytelling can empower. She teaches in Northeastern University’s Writing Program, where she developed her beloved Writing to Heal course. She has also led Writing to Heal workshops for high school students; facilitated Writing to Heal workshops at conferences and for professional development; and built open-access trauma writing courses.
Laurie is a nonfiction writer and the author of two books on chronic illness: Life Disrupted (Walker, 2008), a Library Journal Best Consumer Health Book, and In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America (Walker, 2013), a Booklist Editor’s Choice for 2013. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, NPR, and many other outlets, and she has appeared on Fresh Air with Terry Gross and The Today Show with Maria Shriver to discuss gender and pain.
Laurie is excited to offer Writing to Heal to parents of children with chronic illness and/or special needs.
Questions? Feel free to write us at katie@rrcambridge.com.