Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing

Appendix

The Cohen Park Exercises

Christine Cohen Park

 

 

 

In envisioning the Writing and Groups course, I had in mind something close to a groups course on a counselling programme, combining both experiential and theoretical learning, while incorporating the additional experience of being part of a writing group that mirrored as closely as possible those which students might lead in the future. To this end, the writing exercises were focused on exploring aspects of the self.

The writing group needed to have its own integrity and unique self-sufficient sequence of exercises, and yet, because it was situated half-way through the Masters, there were particular considerations to take into account. The students had already done a fair amount ...