Written into Being:
A Therapeutic Writing Group
Written Into Being: October 2025 Offering
Heather, Stacey, and New Authorship as a whole are thrilled to announce another round of our therapeutic creative writing group beginning on October 22nd (2025). This group, Written into Being, is the culmination of our love of stories and storytelling, the moving conversations I (Heather) have had with folks about their story and character ideas, and the transformative potential unlocked when witnessing and being witnessed in the midst of changes. With a healthy dose of theory informed by Narrative Therapy’s theoretical foundations, bibliotherapy, literature on therapeutic expressive writing, and much more thrown in for good measure (and our love of a good piece of information).
This group is meant to explore the power of stepping into a character’s perspective as they navigate the every-day and/or not-so-ordinary circumstances we imagine for them, how stories can inspire us to think like an author and look at the world with fresh eyes, and to purposefully invite the collaborative and transcendent nature of storytelling to move people to action, even ourselves, through the written word. Participants will shape their own character, reflect on what it means to be the protagonist in a story, the nuance that arises when we understand that antagonists are people, (places, ideas, or things,) too, and share the stories we’ve co-created.
Written into Being will take place on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM beginning October 22nd and ending on December 10th in the conference room across the hall from New Authorship’s office (located at 2005 10th Ave SW, inside the Sunalta Business Centre and a detailed document with directions is available). Each week, we will explore ideas, participate in activities, and support each other through the process of writing a meaningful story to share.
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This group is being offered at a rate of $110/session ($110x8weeks= $880 total cost) and you are welcome to provide feedback and/or participate in knowledge co-creation to inform future therapeutic creative writing groups. There is, of course, no pressure to participate in knowledge co-creation, but this remains an open invitation as client creativity is what has inspired this whole endeavour.
Please let us know if you are interested simply because space is limited. If you would like to participate in the group, please get in touch with Heather (Heather@NewAuthorshipNarrative.com) or Stacey (Info@NewAuthorshipNarrative.com) so we can reserve your seat. You’re also welcome to get in touch if you would be interested in participating in a therapeutic creative writing group in the future, but note that this particular iteration of the group may not be offered again.
If you have made it this far, please let Stacey and I (Heather) extend our genuine gratitude for all the support, inspiration, and creativity you have brought to our lives. It is not an exaggeration to say that this group was dreamed into existence because of the moving conversations we have had with folks, the ingenuity you bring to the act of living, and the unbound imagination we have the pleasure of witnessing. We can’t wait to discover what comes next for all of us, because it can’t help but be interesting. With all our love and daydreams,
Heather Samarron (M.S.W., R.S.W.) and Stacey Squires (M.S.W., R.S.W.) of New Authorship Narrative Therapy
Contact us to Register
Get in touch with any questions you may have or to register for the October 2025 Written into Being group!
