Therapeutic Journaling 16th & 17th June 2025

2 Day Workshop

Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th June 2025

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FEEDBACK FROM COURSE ATTENDEES:

"Thank you, Claire, for delivering 2 days of excellent training, for holding the space with great sensitivity and care- all at a really good pace. I have come away inspired, rejuvenated and more confident in working further on Creative Journaling with my clients and also in my personal development as a writer."

Laura Cooper - Counsellor

"Her delivery style felt so accessible and that she seemed extremely receptive to thoughts and ideas"

Joanna Bazalgette - Counsellor

"A wonderful and inspiring workshop. thank you so much"

Anita Sullivan - Counsellor

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Dates : Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th June 2025 (2 Day Workshop)

Times : 9.30am – 4.30pm both days (BST)

Alternative Dates and Timings: Please click links as timings may vary Wednesday 4th & Friday 6th February 2026

Location : Online

Trainer : Claire Williamson (MA, SFHEA) Scroll down to see more about the trainer

Cost : £195

We now offer insurance against cancellation. This must be purchased within 48 hours of booking the workshop. Click here for more info

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This experiential 2-day course focuses on therapeutic journaling and its use within therapy, therapeutic settings and self-supervision.

Therapeutic journaling can make an excellent ‘holding’ tool for clients, equipping them with skills to support self-regulation between, or even during, sessions.

Likewise, therapeutic journaling can support therapists to ‘hold’ their client base by offering a space for parallel process and the practice can also raise awareness of transference and counter-transference. The use of therapeutic journaling can accelerate therapy and highlight important topics for supervision.

As there is a risk attached to an intervention that isn’t directly held by the practitioner, there are some ethical considerations, which we will discuss.

The course will allow for opportunities to ask questions, discuss practice, and raise confidence in using therapeutic journaling techniques

The workshop will focus on a range of applications, including:

Starting points (lyrics, poems and pictures)
Scrap-booking and space on the page
Meaningful list-making
Dialogues and different perspectives
Therapeutic letters
Ethics, applications and limitations

An empathic, relational approach will be experienced firsthand as the process

of the training is trauma-informed.

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CLAIRE WILLIAMSON

Claire brings an integrative approach to using creative writing in the therapeutic encounter. She’s the former Director of Studies for Metanoia Institute’s MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP), with over 20 years experience in the field of CWTP, including work in bereavement, mental health, addiction recovery, self-injury, cancer care, plus many educational and artistic settings.

Claire has facilitated training for counsellors at City of Bristol College’s FD in Counselling and UWE’s Diploma in Counselling. She also works with medical students at University of Bristol and Queen Mary University in London, exploring how creativity can support people within healthcare settings.

She’s a Senior Fellow of the higher education academy, with a Masters degree in Literary Studies (exploring the life sustaining effects of writing) and studying at Cardiff University for a PhD in Creative Writing (Writing the 21^st century grief novel), with a Counselling Skills qualification (UWE).

As author of four poetry/narrative books, Visiting the Minotaur (Seren, 2018) Split Ends (Eyewear, 2016), The Soulwater Pool (2008) and Ride On (PoTA, 2005), Claire is an experienced published writer.

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MAXIMUM NUMBERS : 30

CANCELLATIONS : Any request to change (eg defer to alternative dates) or cancel your place at a workshop, that is made at less than 21 days before the course start date will be charged in full. Any cancellation / amendments / requests to defer before 21 days, will be subject to a 12.5% handling charge.

FOR MORE INFO : If you have further questions please email: [email protected] or call Juliet Grayson on 01291 638805

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