Currently my interest is in using journaling and expressive writing in business – from freelancers to start up to business executives. Helping them to restore work/life balance and increase productivity. It brings together the various strands of my career as a career coach, adult education tutor in personal development and employability, trainer and mentor in business start-up, English language business teacher and education materials writer. I also had a career in international human rights and UK community development.
I have a broad experience and enthusiasm for facilitating writing for wellbeing for the general public and for specific groups such as mental health charities and community groups. I have a particular interest in using writing for wellbeing in palliative care and regularly facilitate groups at a local hospice for patients, carers and staff. I am also undertaking a PhD with the University of Lancaster on the lived experiences of those participating in group hospice writing for wellbeing sessions. I have been trained in working with those suffering from dementia. I am skilled in training others in facilitating writing for wellbeing, both for those who are new to this area of work, as CPD for experienced facilitators, and for other professionals so that they can include its use as part of their practise. I deliver the Award in Education and Training specifically for creative writing and writing for well-being tutors.
Volunteer Brand Ambassador / Narrator for Maggie’s Centres Cancer Support Charity – Experienced Creative Facilitator, Story Teller - Writing for Wellbeing - Board member of Lapidus Scotland & Lapidus International - Currently undertaking Masters in Scottish Literature - Enjoys words, theatre, music, arts, being with people, life.
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Skills & Interests:
I write both professionally and personally, and the creative side of things contributes to my own wellbeing. I am keen therefore, to work with others to grow this area of practice, as well as meeting and learning from other members about how they’ve established and grown their writing for wellbeing practice.
Kate Pawsey is a creative and intuitive facilitator of creative writing for therapeutic purposes (CWTP). As a writer invested in the freedom that writing can give us to explore play and improvisation as well as our lived experience, she continues to build on the training her MSc in CWTP provided. Her background as a musician and in outdoor, child-led education feed into the flavour of her work and the choices of her themes. She now works therapeutically with people of all ages and a wide range of needs .Kate has facilitated participatory and community projects for Age UK, Number 1 Royal Crescent Museum in Bath, Skanda Vale Hospice, Arts Together in Wiltshire among other organisations. She has collaborated with dancers, clowns and play specialists. She is writer in residence at The Bakelite Museum. Her website is www.writingtimewithkatepawsey.weebly.com
Expressive arts for wellbeing, combining writing with other art forms. Working with mental health and neuro-diversity, especially Asperger’s Community development, progressive politics, feminist activity. Facilitating groups, especially therapeutic and creative groups. Whooping, dancing, performing, sharing, having fun.
Poetry - both writing and responding in therapeutic or spiritual context; encouraging writing for creativity and well-being; journalling. Running groups, workshops or retreats around writing, transitions (particularly mid-life), Myers-Briggs; helping those on journeys they never wanted to make find a creative way through.
I love working with people and seeing them discover the benefits of Writing for Wellbeing, and to see, over time, how this can build into a sustainable, self-care strategy. I also enjoy seeing how this increased confidence with writing can develop into ‘dipping a toe’ into the waters of creative writing, even for people who initially might have felt this was completely out of their comfort zone. I have worked with business groups going through organizational change and have been able to provide a basic toolkit of self-care to staff who are sometimes feeling overwhelmed, where perhaps the best thing is that you only need a pen and some paper and as little as 10 minutes to make a difference to the rest of your day.