I. WRITING THROUGH CANCER: Expressive Writing Workshops
Sharon is a masterful teacher and guide. While we are with her, she creates a space of safety, creativity, and healing…Those who write with Sharon begin to make positive meaning out of the difficult journey of cancer, and they also have the opportunity to discover and share a new voice--a voice of strength and story that will be honored in its sharing. It has been such a gift for me to participate in this life-changing group. --Member, Stanford Cancer Centerwriting group
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Writing Through Cancer,online writing prompts for men and women living with cancer. Weekly writing prompts, each featured for one month, available anytime at: www.writingthroughcancer.com or at www.writingthroughcancer.wordpress.com. All prompts are created by Sharon and available to anyone seeking inspiration to write from the experience of cancer or any life-threatening illness.
Stanford Cancer Center, Palo Alto, CA: Words that Heal: Ongoing. A Writing Workshop for Men & Women Living with Cancer, offered the first Wednesday of every month from 2 until 5 p.m. Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto CA. Open to people living with cancer, including spouses and partners. Led by Sharon Bray. Contact Holly Gautier, RN, Director at 650-723-4268 or hgautier@stanfordmed.org for more information. http://cancer.stanford.edu/patient_care/services/supportiveCareServices/actWordsThatHeal.html
Scripps Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA:When Words Heal, Writing Together Through Cancer: An eight week writing series at Scripps Cancer Center, Scripps Clinic & Scripps Green Hospital, for men and women living with cancer. Next series begins September 13, 2010. 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA. Contact Tom Friedman, LCSW at Friedman.Tom@scrippshealth.org. http://www.scripps.org/events
II. CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Sharon is an extraordinary teacher, whose gift is to create a setting where anyone, regardless of writing experience or talent, can feel comfortable in allowing his or her personal emotions to find expression in words. This is an unusual gift [and] makes each class a remarkable meeting, where the participants are often surprised at where their writing takes them, the experiences it brings up from memory, the feelings they consequently re-discover. These workshops change the participants. I know, because I am changed myself, and in ways that make me more fully engaged as a person, with others. --Participant, The Writers' Workshop at Stanford Medical School _____
Writer's Program, UCLA Extension: Online . The Art of Creative Nonfiction(introductory course). Begins July 7, 2010. 10 weeks. $525. . Intermediate Creative Nonfiction, 10 weeks, begins September 29, 2010. $525. Contact www.uclaextension.edu/writers for more information and to register.
The Writers' Workshop at Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, CA. . Fall Creative Writing Workshop Series begins Tuesday, October 6, 2010, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Monthly, Oct. - Dec. . All Day Creative Writing Workshop: Saturday, November 20, 2010. Open to staff, faculty and alumni of Stanford. To sign up, contact: pbailey@stanford.edu; http://bioethics.stanford.edu/arts/events/WritersWorkshops.html
III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for Helping Professionals
Sharon is a gifted instructor and guide. She brings knowledge, experience and sacredness to this process. --Participant, "Writing as a Healing Ministry" class _____
Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. Writing as a Healing Ministry. An annual week long summer course that explores the healing power of writing-- for one's self and in service to others--and features a blend of didactic and experiential methods. The inherent spiritual discipline of writing and leading writing groups for others is also examined. The 2010 session has been completed. Contact PSR at 510-849-8268 for more information or email Laurie Isenberg, Director, at lisenberg@psr.edu for more information.
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