Below are the sessions for the first day of Creative Bridges 2023.
All times are mentioned are in the UK timezone. Please be aware that sessions might change or move around closer to the conference.
Day 1: Saturday 16th September
12:00 to 12:15
Zoom Room opens
12:15 to 13:00
Introduction, Housekeeping
Keynote speaker: Mohsin Mohi Ud Din
13:10 to 14:30
Session Option 1:
Seven- Eyed Supervision: Thinking Together
by Claire Williamson
Session Option 2:
Title TBC
by TBC
Session Option 3:
Prison Staff & Creativity; Supporting the Self & the Inmate
by Josephine Metcalfe & Jenny Berry
14:50 to 15:30
Session Option 1:
Hitting the Sweet Spot. An autoethnographic exploration into how CWTP effected change in me
by Kerry Coburn
Session Option 2:
Finding the Right Words
by Hayley Frances, The Right Words
Session Option 3:
Among the Pretenders: exploring imposter syndrome through creative writing
by Dr Kate Potts
15:40 to 17:00
Session Option 1:
“What Do You Mean?” The dialogical process of therapeutic editing
by Reinekke Lengelle & Jon Sayers
&
Into The Green: The Co-Healing Power of Green Spaces and Writing for Wellness & Well-Being (Trauma-Informed)
by Catrice Greer
Session Option 2:
Facilitating self-narrativisation and safe introspective spaces in urban and rural India while discussing human problems & existential threats through children & teenagers’ writing.
by Anvi Sawant
&
Biblio/poetry therapy in existential approach
by Dr Judit Béres
Session Option 3:
The Self as Chambered Nautilus: Discovering the Healing Power of Writing as a Graduate Student.
by Jennifer Bertrand
&
Carrier Bag Theories: the potential for therapeutic writing in the university creative writing classroom.
by Anthony Cartwright
17:40 to 19:00
Session Option 1:
Exploring Health Through Poetry
by Samantha Carr
Session Option 2:
Explore Your Life Through Words
by Birgit Itse
Session Option 3:
Acts of Translation: Women Speak their Mind
by Fiona Hamilton & Alyson Hallett
19:00 to 19:30
Goodbyes, wrap up and closing
20:00 to 21:00
Optional Open Mic evening session