Sarah Sheard MA - Writing and Gestalt of Creativity Workshops

Sarah Sheard M.A.(C. Psych) is a published novelist and experienced editor. She has mentored writers and performing artists for over 20 years. She also runs numerous workshops annually on how to jumpstart creativity, and on the Gestalt of writing. She talks practical strategies for handling writers' issues including rejection, procrastination, the inner critic, and how to break through a creative impasse.

In addition to her writing and mentoring work, she is a psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in Gestalt and Solution-focused therapy. In 2007, she opened her Gestalt Storefront Studio in Riverdale in which she now runs her workshops and consults with clients.

Late spring workshop (in collaboration with Ryerson University. Date TBA)
From Vapour to Paper: a one-day workshop in journal-writing
Anne Frank kept one. So did Jim Morrison. Joan Didion describes her journal as a way of keeping the lines open to herself. Bloggers, on the other hand, open their lines to the universe.

Keeping a private journal is not about making art, but rather, tracking your own ideas, secret inventions, recipes, insights, dreams, nightmares, song lyrics, cartoons, prayers etc. This workshop will expand your definition of journal, offer guidance in how best to structure your own journal and offer practical tips on security, daily discipline and journal-block.

For more information see www.sarahsheard.com.

Photo by Julia Gotz