There are a lot of events going on at the moment, run both by ourselves and our members. We don't want you to miss out, so please find below a summary of the events happening over the next few months. We'll continue to update it every time someone sends in something new! (All times are in UK time unless otherwise specified)
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Next Lapidus Events
Next Member Events
Let This Poem Be A Hand Upon Your Shoulder – Poetry Therapy Workshop
The theme for the workshops was inspired by a poem written by Deborah Cooper.
The workshops will take place online, in a closed group on Zoom.
We will use carefully selected poems as a springboard for writing, reflection and conversations.
The workshops are for anyone who wants additional resources, in these unsettling times. It is for those who enjoy creativity, journalling, writing for personal or professional development.
No prior knowledge of poetry or expressive writing is required; you simply need to be willing to share, reflect and experiment with words in a supportive environment.
Charmaine Pollard is an experienced poetry therapist, counsellor, and life coach with a passion for leading therapeutic writing workshops to promote health and well-being. She is author of Writing for Resilience, a workbook that harnesses the power of writing to help boost creativity and self-expression, whilst strengthening resilience.
Saturday Morning Creative Writing for Wellbeing with Sue Walters
Date: Saturdays 16th March; 20th April; 15th June; 20th July; 21st September; 19th October; 16th November (3rd Saturday of the month; no class in May or August)
Time: 10–11.30 am
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £10 per session (£5 if money is tight; free for anyone on benefits) payable by bank transfer
Description: We will use images, photos, poems, prose and ordinary things around us as a stimulus for writing.
This is an opportunity for self expression, self exploration, self care, finding your voice, fun, getting creative… whatever! All in the safe space of the group. No need to commit to coming every month. You can come to just one session, or them all, or something in between. No previous experience necessary and no one has to share anything they have written. There will be an opportunity to share for those that want to.
With Sue Walters, a Creative Writing for Wellbeing practitioner, writer and researcher.
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Writing The Unknown
Date: Mondays 1,8, 15, 29 April and 6 May
Time: 7-9pm UK time
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £15-10 per session, or by donation
Description: This is an event for anyone who would like to explore their own inner world more and their relationship with the world around them. We are using writing as a process rather than as a product. Through writing prompts we carefully and lovingly cast out a net into the unknown and then just see what we catch. Usually, we get a glimpse of clarification about the depths of our minds and emotions. The online platform lends itself very well for being together and yet also being by yourself.
Read Write Express – Writing for Wellbeing and self-awareness: Discovering
Date: Saturday 13th April 2024
Time: 9.45am-12.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £18 / £29.50
Description: Read Write Express offers workshops for adults who wish to explore writing as a means of improving wellbeing, gaining confidence and moving forward with life.
Booking details: Eventbrite: Writing For Wellbeing And Self-Awareness - Discovering tickets
More information: read-write-express.blogspot.com
Call for papers: European Biblio/Poetry Therapy Conference, Budapest 2024
Deadline : Monday 15th April 2024
Description: Our 2-day international conference aims to provide the space and time for encounters and exchange, in the hope of creating a tradition and encouraging other European colleagues to organise a similar professional events in the future.
We invite biblio/poetry therapy practitioners to register and participate in the October conference with a 30-minute presentation or a 1.5-hour workshop. The working language of the conference will be English. For maximum personal experience and meetings, the conference will be held in person only, no streaming, no online participation.
The following topics and themes are welcome:
- experiences and challenges of biblio/poetry therapy services, individual and group sessions for different target groups (both clinical and non-clinical settings)
- education and trainings, national standards in biblio/poetry therapy
- foundation, history and activities of national associations for biblio/poetry therapy
Attendees not intending to register as a presenter or as a workshop facilitator will have the opportunity to register later, when the schedule is finalised.
Information and registration: poetrytherapy.eu
Teacher Training Course - Premium Virtual Edition
Date : 16th-18th April 2024
Time: 5:00pm- 7:00pm
Where : Online via Zoom
Cost: 200€ (EACWP members) & 250€ (other participants)
Description: From the 16th to the 18th of April, 2024, the EACWP launches its seventh Premium Virtual Edition of its European Course for Teachers of Creative Writing, involving three of our most expert European teachers. Over three sessions, our EACWP teachers will share their different methodologies, approaches and experiences in the teaching of creative writing by offering a so called “auteur workshop” by performing and explaining their own ars pedagogica and didactics from both a theoretical and practical approach. All the working sessions will be focused on pedagogical training and guidelines to empower the participants to develop their own teaching interests and new possibilities.
Information and registration: https://eacwp.org/premium-virtual-edition-april-2024/
CREATIVE COACHING FESTIVAL: The Power Of Poetry In Coaching
Date : 19th April 2024
Time: 12.45pm- 14:15
Where : Online (as part of the wider festival)
Cost: Varies depending on membership options
Description: As coaches, we know the power of writing down our goals and actions. Writing can take us even further when we add a creative tool like poetry. Creativity allows us to go deeper as we strive to achieve results – whether for ourselves or our clients. It can circumvent the conscious mind and lead us into the rich, inner world of the unconscious.
In this interactive workshop, you will experience poetry as a coaching tool in action. Through the process of reading a poem, writing in response and then reflecting, we can gain a clearer understanding of ourselves and our aspirations. From there, we can set realistic goals, work towards them enthusiastically, and turn our dreams into reality.
No previous experience with this approach is required. You will be guided step-by-step, supported by theory, through various writing techniques and reflection activities designed to support the coaching process.
Information and registration: https://accreativecoachingfest.com/register/
Nocturnal Journalling
Date : Sunday 28th April
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Where : Online via Zoom
Cost: £30
Description:
Use your dreams to understand yourself better. Learn the golden rules of dream journaling, the benefits of documenting your dreams, and take part in some guided writing exercises to help you process and explore your dreams.
Understand more about your dreams, to find creative inspiration while you sleep and how you can use your dreams to inform your writing or other creative projects. No writing experience is needed, just a desire to write and an active curiosity about your dreams.
Information and registration: https://themoonlab.net/writing-therapy/
An Ode To Kate Bush - A 'Poetry Therapy' Workshop
Date : 29 April, 6 May, 13 May, 20 May, 27 May 2024
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where : Online via Zoom
Cost: £80
Description:
Combining lyrics by Kate Bush as inspiration, poetry therapy techniques, music videos & writing prompts related to her songs to understand what we can learn about ourselves. A space to help you discover new insights, deepen your connection with yourself. Themes include: Perspectives: Seeing things differently; Inner child: Embracing and working with our inner child; Cultivating Joy: What brings you happiness; The Masks We Wear: Exploring our shadow self; Alchemy: Transformation of self. We’ll watch her music videos, read her lyrics and you’ll be led through different writing prompts and exercises to help you explore your emotional responses to her works.
Information and registration: https://themoonlab.net/writing-therapy/
Introduction To Poetry Therapy Workshop
Date : 4th May 2024
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Where : Holland Court, Norwich, NR1
Cost: £30
Description:
An interactive in-person workshop where we’ll cover some of the benefits of using writing for wellbeing techniques as a self-development tool. A workshop that introduces the core principles of poetry therapy and a chance to try out ‘poetry therapy’. We’ll lightly touch on some theoretical explanations and some discussions. They’ll also be space for some Q&As and a chance to talk about the rationale behind working with poetry.
No writing experience is needed, just a desire to write and an active curiosity about using poetry as a way to support wellbeing.
Information and registration: https://themoonlab.net/writing-therapy/
UNLOCK
Date: Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th May 2024
Where: Noddfa Centre, based in the foothills of Snowdonia on the coast of North Wales.
Cost: £475
Description:
Booking details: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A Seat At The Table - A Morning Exploring Belonging
An invitation to explore the fundamental need as well as the exquisite desires to belong, the urge to be greater than ourselves. My own nomadic experiences through the extended family in childhood and life in different continents as an adult have intrigued me and my own sense of belonging. We will open with a simple body awareness to help us step into embodied experiences of writing. We will use poems, aspects of the natural world as well as recollections of our own family dynamics around the table (or table ‘events’ if this did not form part of upbringing). The writing prompts will hopefully help us to gently explore our experiences of belonging, help us into a reflective process and the chance to create narratives in various forms. There will be small group activities to share the process of writing (or the writing itself if you feel moved to).
This session will be facilitated by Liz Annable, CWTP practitioner, person centred counsellor and supervisor.
Dreams & Poetry Workshop
Roll out the red carpet, and explore the royal road to your unconscious during this writing for wellbeing workshop. A safe and creative space to harness and explore your nocturnal world using poetry, writing exercises and journaling, to help you to discover new insights, deepen your connection with your unconscious mind, and to understand yourself better. Establish a dream journal practise, understand how to write affirmations to support your dream work and guide your dreams.
Memoir Bootcamp 5-Day Intensive Course
Memoir is no longer the preserve of the rich and famous. We can all write about our life. If you’re keen to write your memoir, join me on this five-day course and learn all you need to get started. I’ll cover memory and truth, how to write about other people, setting, structure and more.
Each day will begin with a two-hour masterclass in an aspect of memoir writing. After lunch, you’ll have time to write with tasks and prompts inspired by the masterclass. There will then be the opportunity to share what you’ve written or how you found the process.
You’ll also be given two one-to-one sessions over the course of the week to discuss your work in progress and receive bespoke feedback on areas that are specific to your memoir.
The group will be limited to eight people to ensure all have a decent amount of time and attention.
Full course outline and recommended reading list will be sent to you once you’ve signed up. If you’d like to have a chat before signing up, please get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.
A Love Letter To Self: A Poetry Therapy Workshop
An act of self-love. Using poetry and writing prompts to fully understand the concept of self-compassion and the ways in which we sometimes judge ourselves unknowingly. Exploring how to overcome the barriers preventing self-compassion and identifying opportunities for change. While learning how to tango with that inner critic and enhance how we feel about ourselves through compassion-based meditations, poetry, writing exercises and discussions.
The Promise
Gentle explorations into the idea of an unspoken promise around the role of mother. What society may anticipate a mother to be. What we may ‘expect’ from mothers – or if you identify as mother – from self. We will engage with the unspoken assumptions and expectations for this role largely via poem and from that which we create on the day.
Returning by popular enquiry.
This session will be facilitated by Liz Annable, CWTP practitioner, person centred counsellor and supervisor.