An introduction to therapeutic letter-writing, with Ciara McClelland
Tickets: free for members, £50 for non-members.
It will explore how setting intentions at the start of the process can shape meaning and impact, and how letters can carry deep emotional significance.
We will consider how letters can be used to support memory, provide clarity, or offer a tangible reminder of connection and reflection.
And we will explore how, while letters can be received in a wide range of ways, their potential for long-term value remains.
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Ciara has over 12 years’ practice experience and specialises in working with children, young people, parents, families and caregivers impacted by adverse childhood experiences. In addition, Ciara works on relationship repair within traumatised systems, organisations and communities. Her approach is innovative, creative, therapeutic, and trauma-informed, combining psychodynamic, dyadic, and somatic therapies.
Ciara grew up on the border in Ireland in the 1980s where community relational conflict and trans-generational trauma was rife. Born into a large extended family of emergency workers she was directly impacted by “The Troubles’. She has undertaken her own transformative healing journey through therapeutic exploration, academic learning and discovery, and her journey has inspired her to help others to find safety and connection in their own relationships.
Ciara McClelland is a training practitioner from Trauma Informed Consultancy Services, which offers an extensive range of training sessions related to all aspects of how we can apply a trauma informed framework to settings, services and systems. Trauma Informed Consultancy Services works with education settings, children’s services, criminal justice and adult services.
This session will be held via Zoom.
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