Expressive Writing for Those on The Transplant Journey & Their Caregivers | GiveLifeUHN

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Living with a serious disease or life-threatening condition is something that affects the emotional life of patients and those who love and care for them. This is especially true for patients and family members awaiting organ transplants or life-saving treatments.
Research has shown that writing, during times of crisis and upheaval, not only has emotional benefits but physiological ones as well. Some also find solace in sharing their story.

In this video therapeutic writing specialist, Sharon Bray, EdD talks about the health benefits of expressive writing for patients and caregivers.

ABOUT SPEAKER
Best known for her innovative work in expressive writing with heart and cancer patients, Dr. Sharon Bray is an educator, author, and therapeutic writing practitioner. For the past twenty-one years, she has encouraged and listened to people's stories of cancer, cardiac disease, heart failure, loss and trauma, most recently, at Gilda’s Club of Toronto and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.

A frequent speaker at healthcare conferences in Canada and the US, she has facilitated writing workshops for hundreds of patients as well as medical and helping professionals through organizations such as the Stanford Cancer Center, CURE Today forums, the Omega Institute, Stanford Medical School and the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.

Sharon earned her masters’ degree at Mt. St. Vincent University and later, her doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Toronto, later undertaking additional studies in creative and transformative writing. She initiated her first expressive writing groups for cancer patients shortly after her treatment for early stage breast cancer, describing her early work in two books on writing and healing which followed. Additionally, Sharon was an instructor for UCLA extension’s “Writers’ Program,” where she taught creative nonfiction and transformative writing for several years.

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This webinar includes time for 3 writing exercises. Please have pen and paper ready or skip ahead to continue viewing.

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