Ink and Insight: Expressive Writing Community

If you’re looking for a space to reconnect with yourself, strengthen your emotional well-being, and build a lifelong writing practice, you’re in the right place.

I’m not a literary instructor or published author — I’m a psychotherapist and lifelong journal keeper. These groups focus on writing honestly rather than beautifully. The goal isn’t publication or perfection; it’s reflection, awareness, and connection. Writing becomes a tool for calm, clarity, and growth.

While not psychotherapy, these groups are grounded in psychological insight and an understanding of how we make meaning through words. Each one offers a structured, supportive environment where writing becomes a bridge between inner experience and shared connection. Unlike my psychotherapy services, they are open to participants outside of NY.

This virtual 8-week group for adults in midlife offers a structured yet supportive space to explore yourself and navigate transitions through expressive writing. Each week centers on a theme:

1. Inside the Mind: Awareness of Thoughts

2. Sound and Sensation: Connecting with Emotions

3. Stepping Stones: Writing Through Memories

4. Captured Moments: Grounding with the Five Senses

5. Parts on the Page: Writing Inner Dialogues

6. What We Carry: Unpacking and Repacking

7. Crossroads: Decisions and Problem Solving

8. From Words to Intentions: Carrying the Journey Forward

About the Groups
These virtual groups are designed like short courses, combining psycho-education, guided writing exercises, and optional discussion in a supportive environment. Each group is tailored to a particular age or life stage, offering a space to explore identity, transitions, decision making, problem solving, resilience, and growth. I believe expressive writing and journaling can be especially powerful for those who have not always connected with traditional talk therapy. In a world where social media and online life often pull our attention outward, a writing practice gives us a way to turn inward, reconnect with ourselves, and nurture our inner growth.

While not a therapy group, these sessions often reflect the same truths that emerge in psychotherapy. You may not become close with every member, but you’ll have the opportunity to listen, relate, and appreciate the different ways people move through the world. In a culture that often avoids tension and vulnerability, this kind of real-time presence offers something rare: authentic connection and shared humanity.

What to Expect:

• Psychoeducation grounded in psychology and neuroscience, offered in a way that honors the life experience you bring.

• Guided entrance meditations to help you settle into a reflective mindset.

• Writing prompts (1–2 per session) that invite depth, creativity, and insight.

• Reflection writing to highlight key learnings and clarify action steps.

• Group discussion to reduce isolation, foster community, and learn from shared experiences.

• A small group size (capped at 6-8 participants) to ensure space for each voice and meaningful participation.

• Optional homework assignments for those who want to keep writing during the week

Why It’s Valuable:

• Introduces you to a wide variety of writing practices that you can carry forward in your life

• Builds self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience through evidence-based journaling approaches.

• Combines the solitary benefits of journaling with the healing connection of a group.

• Offers a progression of sessions that foster safety, cohesion, and growing insight over time.

• Support you in developing greater self-clarity, especially during periods o marked by transitions and reassessment, and then bringing those insights into meaningful conversation with others.

  While not a therapy group, these sessions often reflect the relational dynamics we experience elsewhere — comfort, discomfort, connection, and difference. You may not become friends with every member, but through writing and sharing, you’ll have the chance to appreciate different ways of seeing and being. In a culture that often hides behind screens, this kind of presence and listening offers something rare: real, human connection.