Online Therapeutic Writing Group (6 months – bi-monthly Oct-March) Starts 14 Oct 18:45-20:45

Please note that this event has been postponed. We will notify members as soon as a new date has been confirmed. In the meantime, you can find out more and request an online quote via our members’ insurance page.

Join Balens for a webinar designed specifically for Lapidus International members. We’ll demystify the core insurance protections practitioners need, explain how cover applies in real-world scenarios, and share claims insights to help you reduce risk and respond confidently if something goes wrong. Using clear examples, we’ll outline what’s typically included in a practitioner policy and how different liabilities work together to safeguard your practice, your clients, and your reputation. This webinar includes a Q&A afterwards. Hosted by Annie Tabberner, Client Engagement Representative and Katie Thomas, Technical Schemes Manager at Balens.

Joining information:

Please note that this event has been postponed. We will notify members as soon as a new date has been confirmed. In the meantime, you can find out more and request an online quote via our members’ insurance page.

A pen for the past, the now and the future: How to navigate life’s losses – and gains – through writing with Lottie Williams

How can writing about the fragility of previous life experiences connect with who we are today, and how we can write in the current?  What power does this hold in being able to express ourselves with more confidence and clarity in the future?

In this session, I shall reflect on how I first came to writing as a tool for my mental health, allowing me to name and understand traumatic past experiences and feel my way through the climate and ecological emergency.  Consequently, I shall discuss how the arts have positively challenged and supported changes I have made in my life.

Though short writing prompts and discussion, I shall also invite participants to consider these connections for themselves.

About Lottie Williams

Lottie Williams is an award winning writer and writing practitioner based in West Wales.  She won the Nigel Jenkins Literary Award and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.  Her debut book, ‘The Edge of Everything’, was published by the H’mm Foundation in 2025.

As a facilitator, Lottie trained with Sgwennu Well, a year long writing for wellbeing programme delivered by Literature Wales.  She also draws on her background in teaching and as a regular participant of therapeutic writing sessions.

Lottie has provided writing well workshops for charities, social enterprises, schools and groups across South and West Wales.

Join the meeting:

Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81124654743?pwd=lIhOUita3l7mwmVhDgvvlolwHh4IaW.1

Meeting ID: 811 2465 4743

Passcode: 786686

Please note that this event will be recorded. The recording will be available for a limited time after the live event. Please allow a couple of working days for us to process and upload the recording after the live event.

For questions before or after the day of the event, please contact Flo on membership@lapidus.org.uk (responses on Tuesdays and Fridays). For queries on the day of the event, please contact mel@write4word.org.

About the Lapidus Living Research Community

The Lapidus Living Research Community (LLRC) meets on the first Saturday of every month via Zoom to discuss all things research, with a focus on qualitative arts-based research practices, theory and methods.

All Lapidus members are welcome, regardless of research experience. LLRC events are free and no tickets are required. Use the Zoom link above to access the event.