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Workshops and Events
Saturday 26 September
1-4pm
£35
My therapy room in Edinburgh
Spaces limited to 6
Writing for Yourself
If you've ever been interested in journalling but don't know where to start and are put off by the blank page looking back at you, my workshop will help you find ways to begin and deepen your writing.
Journalling is often presented as a self help tool, but how do you do it? The notebook industry is growing arms and legs presenting different formats and prompts, with a different product for each. Its easy to get lost in the noise of techniques, a sense of doing it right or trying to make yourself feel something (gratitude journals anyone...?)
In this workshop we will explore ways of approaching writing for yourself that doesn't need a fancy notebook, although you are free to buy one, but aims to connect you more closely to what you might have to say and what stops you saying it.
Using ideas from Gestalt Therapy and gentle embodiment practices we will settle into the present moment and find ways to identify what might be waiting to be written. Depending on interest we may also include simple drawing and mark making in this process, exploring how getting in touch with our creative flow can also help with getting things moving in the process of writing.
It is my hope that this workshop will give you the confidence to use your journal as a place to say the unsayable, make a mess and get closer to yourself in the process.
'To begin writing from our pain eventually engenders compassion for our small and groping lives. Out of this broken state comes a tenderness for the cement below our feet, the dried grass cracking in a terrible wind. We can touch the things around us we once through ugly and see their special detail, the peeling paint and gray of shadows as they are - simply what they are: not bad, just part of the life around us - and love this life because it is ours and in the moment there is nothing better.'
Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones
Open Days 2026
Finding a therapist can be difficult with so many independent practitioners to choose from.
I offer days of free 30 minute introductory sessions throughout the year or people who might be curious about therapy and want to dip a toe in.
This gives a bit more space than my usual 15 minute introductory call, before committing to a full initial consultation.
If you've been thinking about starting therapy, book in and we can explore what is bringing you and you can get a feel for how it might be to work with me.
Next open day date - October tbc
