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Rachel Hawkins-Crockford

Counselling and Writing for Well Being Services based in Westbury On Trym, Bristol

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  • Places still available on women’s writing circles

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 13, 2021

    I still have some spaces left in both the Friday and Thursday Women’s Writing Circles. A fortnightly writing for wellbeing group for women – six sessions of expressive and creative writing in connection with other …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, mental health awareness, Poetry, wellbeing, womens circle, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Can I wish you a “Happy New Year” this year?

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 5, 2021

    I had been starting my emails with a bold “Happy New Year!” but it was not ringing true. I’ve had to stop today. It felt ironic, or painful, or inappropriate. Here in the UK we …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, grief and loss, mental health awareness, nature, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Pause

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 18, 2020

    Perhaps it is because its the end of the year, a really difficult year, that I find myself even more reflective than usual. And as I was reading an article about the menopause today, I …

    connection, Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, self-care
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  • Start the Year Write – wellbeing workshop

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 7, 2020December 1, 2020

    If you’d like to do something a little different from your annual New Year’s resolutions list, why not book a place on this workshop. We’ll spend one and a half hours together, experiencing some writing …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, self-care, wellbeing, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • some word bones for National Poetry Day

    Posted by keylifetherapy on October 1, 2020

    We have been walking each day in the woods near where we live. We feel the season changing and each day we quietly observe the differences in the woods and the sky. We talk of …

    Autumn, Bristol, connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, nature, Poetry, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • creation with song

    Posted by keylifetherapy on September 1, 2020August 19, 2020

    I recently took part in a writing exercise devised by a friend that I loved so much I’m sharing the results here (like myself, Vicky’s a writing for wellbeing enthusiast and her facebook page is …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, haiku, Poetry, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Keeping it local

    Posted by keylifetherapy on August 21, 2020August 19, 2020

    This year, like everyone else, I found myself grounded. I could just as easily write: I found myself stuck in one place. But curiously, in being stuck in this one place for so long, unable …

    Bristol, climate change, connection, Focus, nature
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  • Writing as a way of connecting to other/s: writing on Safe and Sound

    Posted by keylifetherapy on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

    Here’s a link to a poem/ article I had published on the Safe and Sound words for well being website recently. It is a personal account of how writing links me to those I love but still …

    Bristol, connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, nature, Poetry, wellbeing, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Things you could do if you can’t hold or attend a funeral right now

    Posted by keylifetherapy on May 4, 2020

    One of the painful things about experiencing a bereavement right now is that you cannot get together with other people and mourn your loss or honour someone’s life and death in the way you might …

    bereavement, Bristol, connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, grief and loss, self-care, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Can you reach out to someone?

    Posted by keylifetherapy on May 1, 2020

    What are your thoughts on this day – the first of May 2020? How are you feeling? Where do you find yourself as you sit reading this post? As I sit writing it, I am very …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, mental health awareness, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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