Prior & Upcoming Events

Below you'll find upcoming workshops, courses, and events: from trauma-informed writing sessions to creative writing workshops in poetry, children's fiction, fantasy, and more.

I hold an MA in Creative Writing & Teaching from Cardiff University, where I specialised in writing for therapeutic purposes—especially within communities and for those navigating complex PTSD. My academic research explored how many widely-used pedagogical and therapeutic approaches to writing were no longer aligned with modern neuroscience or trauma research. I was struck by how many people were left in limbo—waiting years for support that often didn’t meet them where they truly were. That’s where this work was born.

I’m passionate about offering updated, compassionate, evidence-informed alternatives—writing spaces that help people take back power in their recovery journey and safely reclaim their voice and narrative. My approach is not about rumination, but reclamation. Not just about reflection, but expression that moves—toward clarity, self-trust, and transformation.

As a writer, I blend the literary with the lyrical—the personal with the mythical. Fairy tales, folklore, and poetry run through my work, helping say what is too deep, too tangled, or too tender to name directly.

Whether you’re here for creative exploration or emotional excavation, for storytelling or healing, for craft or connection—there’s a place for you here.

Upcoming events

  • Shrewsbury Summer of Wellbeing

    27.07.25 10:00-1:00PM

    English Bridge Studios, Shrewsbury

    Reclaiming Voice Through Shropshire Folklore: A Writing for Wellbeing Workshop

    Something beautiful is blooming in Shrewsbury…This summer, we’re inviting the town to slow down, reconnect, and celebrate what really matters.

    Shrewsbury Summer of Wellbeing
    21st July – 31st August 2025

    A community project bringing together local spaces, creative souls and heart-led businesses for a season of calm, connection and creativity.

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  • Swan Hill Creative Programme

    03.08.25 12:00-3:00PM

    Swan Hill Studios, Shrewsbury

    I am honoured to be fasilitating a safe and gentle therapeutic writing workshop using narrative therapy techniques. This will be part of a new series of creative workshops designed specifically for people living with cancer and beyond.

    Whether you're currently in treatment, in recovery, or adjusting to life after cancer, this programme has been created to support you.

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  • The Burne Society: Reclaiming Voice Through Shropshire Folklore

    Coming soon

    A narrative therapy programme for women healing through story.

    Shropshire is a county of hidden voices: whispering woods, folklore passed down in kitchens, stories that survive in silence. This project celebrates that — and uses it for restoration.

    By working with local folklore and women’s lived experience, we turn landscape into medicine and story into belonging. Each session explores a tale rooted in Shropshire — from ghostly black dogs to healing springs — and reflects it back through narrative therapy practices.

    These aren’t just cultural activities. They’re an act of reclamation: This is Shropshire — and these are her daughters, writing themselves whole.

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Previous Workshops

‘Re-writing Your Story - Creative Writing for Healing and Empowerment’ at Swan Hill Studios

On Sunday, 18th May 2025, I held my debut 3-hour workshop at the stunning Georgian Swan Hill Studios in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Six brave and beautiful souls came.

This intimate, trauma-informed writing workshop was designed to guide people gently through the process of exploring and transforming their personal story. Drawing from narrative therapy techniques and my background in creative writing and C-PTSD recovery, we used creative exercises to identify limiting beliefs, externalise challenges, and begin re-authoring our narratives with compassion, strength, and self-trust.

Fairy tales, reflection, a warm sense of community, and the empowering magic of creative expression.

You can read the testimonials below for what these incredible women took away from this experience.

  • “It was like capturing a wasp in a jar, being able to inspect it from outside the glass, without getting stung.”

  • "You gave me techniques to connect with my inner narratives without being flooded by them & re-write them."

  • "I wasn’t sure what to expect and was really nervous beforehand. It was such a safe space, and you have such a calming presence which really helped."

  • "I just can’t believe how free I feel emotionally."

  • “You've taken away the barriers of beginning writing in a healing and empowering way.”

  • "The workshop enabled me to write for the first time in possibly 20 years without stressing or overthinking it too much — and I woke up this morning with sentences in my head that I was excited to write down."

  • "What an incredible experience. I’ve already recommended you to all of my friends."

  • "It was just what I needed without even realising, at exactly the right time."

  • "I love how my words are growing."

  • "I’m even feeling inspired with my business too — I’m so, so grateful!"

  • "How utterly fascinating it is to analyse the stuff that comes up!"

  • "I have an amazing new tool/perspective to help change how I have been approaching my healing."

  • "Completely opened up a new door to me."

  • "Your workshop gave me lots of inspiration - so many ideas, thoughts to process and unpick."

  • "I loved working with the fairy tales!"

  • "Huge gratitude for your wisdom, guidance, and expertise."

  • "I was surprised by how easily this came, the suggestions for metaphors make it easy to fall into writing my story as a fairy tale."

  • "I know what you've taught will continue to make a difference."