Writing to Thrive: A Creative Response to Trauma

Join writer and poet Rhonda Rosenheck for a writing workshop, Writing to Thrive: A Creative Response to Trauma at the Waterford Public Library. Sessions run from 5-6:30 pm and are the first three Thursdays of November: the 2nd, 9th and 16th.

Writing can awaken your creative impulse during and after loss, illness and other traumas. Applying the mighty pen to harshly painful experiences can lead you up the path of healing and self-love. You’ll be offered starting points (called prompts) and opportunities to try different forms and then focus on the genre you choose. Each of the three 90-minute workshops will include fresh samples for inspiration, time to write, encouragement, and optional sharing in an appreciative, safe environment. No writing experience necessary; teens through seniors welcome. Bring your favorite writing implements (e.g. paper and pen, a journal, a laptop computer). 

Call to register for any or all session at (518) 237-0891.

Rhonda Rosenheck is an emerging poet and writer. Her publications include: The Five Books of Limericks; Sin No More! A Biblical Sea Shanty; Looking: Out, Up, In & Under Rocks; and Yiddische Yoga: OYsanas for Every Generation. Individual poems have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies and have been performed live. Rhonda often uses creative writing to move her through the trauma of illness and grief. She writes in her Waterford, NY studio, the Poet’s Perch.