An empty wooden chair stands beside a tall window in a blue-gray room. A garment hangs over the chair’s back, and a small vase sits on the windowsill.
Writing can provide a way to approach loss without requiring a particular interpretation or resolution. Participants decide what they wish to write and share. No previous writing experience is necessary. This is a writing workshop, not therapy.
This workshop offers an opportunity to explore grief through creative writing, including the memories, questions, and experiences that may be difficult to express.
Who it’s for
Writers exploring loss and change.
For adults experiencing bereavement or other significant losses, whether recent or long past. Through poetry and prose, participants can explore memory, absence, love, and the ways loss affects their lives.
What to expect
Choice-led prompts
Adapt a prompt, take a different direction, or simply listen.
Optional sharing
Sharing aloud is always a choice, never a requirement.
Attentive response
Responses focus on what stays with us in the writing.
What you’ll gain
New writing each week
Tools for writing about difficult subjects safely and creatively
A supportive community
Strength-based feedback
Optional sharing
Format
2 hours per session · Virtual on Google Meet
Group size
Maximum 12 participants
Accessibility
Ask about access needs
Where
Virtual or at hospice agencies, senior centers, drug treatment centers, and medical centers
For organizations
Bring this workshop to your organization.
Elizabeth can shape this workshop for social service agencies, community-based organizations, and health care systems.
