Writing as Medicine
A Method of Healing Through Writing for Neurodivergents & HPSs
To you, My Finely Wired Humans
To you, who sees intricate interconnections between things; whose attention is motored by interest, emotion, and passion; for you who thrives on non-linearity, and has a keen sense for beauty, I invite you to explore the circling, cycling pieces of your mind, your heart, and your soul with me, and to have your words and stories be witnessed.
In this group, you’ll write your experiences of difference. We’ll explore layers of identity as a neurodivergent person. We’ll explore angers, desires, and fears. We’ll explore authenticity as it emerges at the nexus of our internal world and our relationships. We’ll explore how masking has helped or harmed you.
Ultimately we aim to transmute notions of difference as deficiencies. We aim to embrace difference, step into the world with it, be received as you are. We aim for you to arrive home to yourself.
Two Paths, One Transformative Method
Discover the healing power of writing through flexible, one-time workshops or immerse yourself in a deeper experience with a 5-week writing group. Discover which option is right for you:
Ideal for those seeking a taste of the “Writing as Medicine” experience. These stand alone sessions offer a space to explore a theme through writing. Each workshop is an opportunity to cultivate your creativity, self-reflect, gain insights, and write with a supportive community.
Workshops
For an in-depth journey, this 5-week group provides extended support. Each week builds upon the last as you dive into prompts, share writing, and build self-compassion in a safe, encouraging community. Grapple with difference and self-acceptance while exploring your creativity.
group
COMING SOON!
meet Melanie
Your writing guide
THE POWER OF LANGUAGE
My own journey through the world as an intense, deeply feeling human, brought me to writing as medicine. I started journaling and writing stories when I was about 7. From that young age, up until now, I feel so much better after I come to the page.
Writing about what makes my mind spin, what overwhelms me, helps those things become smaller, With my inky words laid out on the page, something gets released. I am clear and calmer.
In certain moods, when I’m writing poetry or prose, it feels not only that I am weaving my thoughts into language, but that the words themselves are entwined with my soul. Language is a vital way I connect back to the root of who I am.
As a helping professional, I’ve always been drawn to the creative arts as a mode of healing. Making art offers a space where we can dream, imagine, remember, express, rage, or weep. We can enter terrain just outside of our awareness, and allow what seeks to become known to emerge on the page.
what to expect from the ‘writing as medicine’ method
catharsis
Pieces of writing that capture your feelings and beauty. Opportunity to sink your teeth into creative work and experience flow.
PEACE
We’re reclaiming deep time. We’re creating space, presence, and less overwhelm.
Power
We’re reclaiming power. We’re deshaming and celebrating the beauty of who you are.
connection
Feel less alone with the pain as well as joy of being neurodivergent.
compassion
An attitude of self-compassion. Reframe past shames through identifying the toxic systems that impact our sense of self.
a roadmap
“A Roadmap to Finding Your Way Back Home:” insights, tools, touchstones we build throughout the group.
COMING SOON!
through our Writing & Discussion, we’ll explore:
Joy in Darkness
Belonging and Longing
Self-Compassion for the Harshest Inner Voice
Emotions, Intensity, Power, Voice and Passion
Being Not Enough/Being Too Much
Core Self and Masking
Perfectionism, RSD, and The Creative Process
Non-Linear Time and Deep Time
Life as an Act of Creativity
Writing Through the Body
Why Writing is Healing
Guidance for Non-Judgmental Writing
And More…
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP 1
Joy within darkness
What is joy, and what does it mean to access it in dark times?
When: Friday May 2nd, 2025, 12 PM EST
Where: Virtual Group via Zoom
Cost: $20
WORKSHOP 2
Writing through the body
Let’s reckon with our anxious bodies in this current moment, and explore finding safety.
When: Friday May 9th, 2025, 12 PM EST
Where: Virtual Group via Zoom
Cost: $20
WORKSHOP 3
How can our lives be seen as a work of art? What does this say about resistance?
Life as a creative act
When: Friday May 16th, 2025, 12 PM EST
Where: Virtual Group via Zoom
Cost: $20
*A note about financing, if you need financial assistance please contact me*
For an in-depth journey, this 5-week group provides extended support. Each week builds upon the last as you dive into prompts, share writing, and build self-compassion in a safe, encouraging community. Grapple with difference and self-acceptance while exploring your creativity.
The group
COMING SOON!
each session includes:
WRITING
We’ll write with non-judgment and courage. We’ll write to grapple with the myriad parts of our selves and lives. We’ll dive deep, following your unconscious, and whatever emerges from your soul.
Sacred Space
We’ll create a container for our healing journey, reigniting a sacred space around creativity. Melanie will start the group with a meditation and short discussion on a theme .
Sharing
We’ll practice deep listening, and giving compassion and support. By sharing in this safe space, we’ll feel seen, heard, and less alone in what we carry.
WRITING AS MEDICINE GROUP
START YOUR JOURNEY TODAY
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$500
5 week Online CREATIVE writing program
INCLUDes:
5 Weeks of Virtual Sessions via Zoom
75 Minutes per Session
Mondays 3:00 PM EST
FAQ
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This is not the kind of writing program where we are working on creating “good” writing. There are no critiques. This is about exploring your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences. Writing is one modality that can allow us to access parts of ourselves in new ways.
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Groups can be challenging in myriad ways for sensitives. This group is designed for sensitive and neurodivergent people to feel comfortable and safe. You can talk to me ahead of time to let me know any concerns you have and I will do my best to accommodate them.
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The Group Program will run from Monday, May 6, 2024 - Monday, June 10, 2024. Each meeting will take place on Zoom from 12PM-1:15PM
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Our live meetings will be 75 minutes/week, for six weeks.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: This is an expressive writing group designed to offer healing, insight, and support, however, it is not group therapy and it is not a replacement for therapy.