Welcome to the Centre for Therapeutic Storywriting!

Girl writing

The Centre for Therapeutic Storywriting promotes the use of therapeutic storywriting by educational professionals supporting pupils with emotional and behaviorual difficulties.

It was founded in 2002 by Dr Trisha Waters who developed the Therapeutic Storywriting Groups and Story Links models.

Both models of intervention aim to support emotional wellbeing while also developing pupils’ literacy skills and both use the principles of therapeutic storywriting.


Training

We deliver training to educational professionals in:

Setting up Therapeutic Storywriting groups

3-day training for professionals supporting groups of pupils, 7-12 yrs, with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.

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Story Links: Working with parents of vulnerable pupils

3-day training for educational professionals linking with parents of individual pupils, 6-11 yrs, at risk of exclusion

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To arrange a course in your area please contact us

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Therapeutic Story Writing book coverTherapeutic Storywriting – A Practical Guide to Developing Emotional Literacy.

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Dino the Dragon

Dino the Dinosaur - free download

Dino the Dragon and His Flaming Firebox was written at Moulsecoomb Primary School as part of the 'University of Chichester’s Story Links' research and development project.

These are the eight stories written by Lewis and his mum, with Lewis's illustrations.

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