

A Legacy of Hope
Catherine is the founder of Stop Trafficking ME http://www.stoptraffickingme.org/, which she established to mobilize the people of Maine...


Heart turned cold
The loud screams broke the silence of the night. The crying, the yelling, the back and forth cursing, he said she said every night was...


Writing as Liberation
~In life we may experience things and go through things that we don’t feel comfortable telling others about. Through experience i...


Prison Writes memoir workshop
Prison Writes held a workshop at the Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public Library Saturday January 16th. Titled ‘Memoir Writing...


Can therapeutic writing help adolescents with identity formation? This article examines the questio
‘You sowed a baby and you reaped a bomb. ’ D.W. Winnicott D.W. Winnicott was a children’s physician in England who pioneered therapeutic...
A 911 Widows advice to the most recent victims of terrorism and violence
Alissa Torres wrote this article giving advice to victims of trauma, specifically, terrorism and violence. In it she writes about how her...


Engaging teenagers in writing
The challenge was this: how to get a group of fourteen to eighteen-year old boys, all of whom had been through the court system in New...
What Does Trauma Informed Programming Look Like?
Imagine you are a fifteen-year-old girl. You don’t feel safe at home where your mother hits on you, you don’t feel safe in your...
Why Therapeutic Writing
Therapeutic writing is writing to heal. Through writing individuals can connect experiences with feelings and move towards integrating a...