Therapeutic Writing Group Therapy
Have you ever considered group therapy as a potential method for growth and healing?
In these virtual (in Ontario) and in-person (in Hawkesbury) group sessions, we will be exploring skills, tools, and storytelling through expressive therapeutic writing. Each group is closed in order to offer a supportive place to discuss difficult experiences. There are no more than 6 participants in a group to allow each participant the room to grow.
During each session, participants will be asked to navigate thoughts and feelings through guided writing exercises with peers and a qualified therapist. We will also be exploring certain skills and tools that may be helpful to use outside of the group to better encounter challenges and make space for joy.
The next upcoming group will be starting July 8th, 2026!
Who is this for?
Anyone, regardless of writing experience, who has experienced stressful life events, painful emotions and thoughts, anxiety, depression or loss. Everyone is welcome to join these therapeutic writing groups!
What to expect?
We will be using writing as our primary modality to explore emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Participants will receive real-life skills that can be taken away after the group sessions are done. During these groups, we will mindfully share our writing experiences with a supportive therapist. This is not a group for critical feedback, and participants/writers are encouraged to share what they feel is right for them.
These are the upcoming groups offered at multiple points during the year:
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Starting July 7th, 2026!
In this group, we will explore the power of letter writing - to ourselves, to others, people who have hurt us, people who have helped us heal… Group participants/writers will use their creativity to explore topics of loss, hurt, emotions that seem so overwhelming, letting go for our sake, and finding ourselves again.
People who are late diagnosed with a mental illness or neurodevelopmental condition, who struggle with emotions that don’t seem like theirs to carry, or who have experienced stressful life events are welcome to join and find support in a group setting.
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What does self-compassion mean to you? What does it mean to live with compassion and self-compassion? What can self-compassion bring to you?
In this closed group, we will be exploring skills and strategies to live self-compassionately, while exploring deeper themes related to nonjudgment, self-worth and self-kindness.
People who struggle with perfectionism, anxious feelings, self-esteem, and loss of identity, are welcome to join and find out how self-compassion can help heal.
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We will be exploring topics of loss and the experience of grieving in a nonjudgmental space. We will explore the process of grief, how to live with grief, and find ourselves amid the sadness, depression, and slowness of pain.
All topics of loss are welcome, including: new diagnoses, ending of relationships, death and dying, traumatic loss, and health and disability.
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Have you experiences a painful, stressful life event? Are you trying to find peace after hardships in childhood?
All those who have experienced wounds and pains from trauma are welcome to explore themes and narratives related to living with trauma.
Together, we will explore how to make space for the “mud” while growing the “lotus” - a life you want to live after trauma.
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Queer folx are welcome in this affirming space with the goal of finding community and support through transitioning, exploring identity, and complex feelings and thoughts associated with living queerly.
All are welcome to join, no matter where you are on your journey of discovery!