Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Exploring Resilience with Ted Bowman, Loss and Family Educator

Stories evoke stories. We story and re-story all our lives. 

In this experiential day workshop Ted Bowman will use story-gathering questions, writing prompts, vignettes from memoir, poetry and fiction to promote the caring exchange when working one to one or facilitating groups. 

Ted Bowman

Exploring Resilience using Literary Resources, Writing and Stories: 
for working creatively or therapeutically with groups, individuals and the self.  

Suitable for professional and/or personal use and development. 

Saturday, 24th September 2016, 

10.30am - 4.30pm   
£55
£45 Lapidus Member / Early Bird Offer if booking before 22nd July.

Participants will be invited to explore metaphors of resilience with the intention of promoting resiliency for themselves and others. Through writing experiences, sharing and discussion, they will extend their resources for doing therapeutic work.

Ted Bowman is a family and grief educator who uses stories and literary resources in his workshops, teaching, consultation and writing. He is an adjunct professor in the University of Saint Thomas School of Social Work in St. Paul, Minnesota, his home town. 

Ted is the author of three books and editor of two poetry collections. He has written over 25 articles in professional journals, and over 50 articles and poems in other journals and newspapers. This will be his 20th consecutive year of work in the UK with organisations including Lapidus: The Writing for Wellbeing Organisation and Cruse. Ted's Cruse masterclass is on 20th September in London. 


Sharing your writing is optional. All writing will be received supportively.