This course is for anyone looking to boost their resilience levels through therapeutic and reflective writing.

It’s suitable if you:

• Have never written anything before
• Want to explore writing for your own well-being and personal development
• Would like to experience a variety of journalling and creative reflection techniques
• Are looking to enhance your self-awareness
• Enjoy the discipline of deadlines and peer learning
• Want to join a friendly and supportive small group of learners
• Can dedicate a minimum of 2 hours per week to the learning (at a time to suit you).

This course allows you to:

• Explain what resilience means to you
• Preserve useful memories and experiences through captured moments
• Reflect on your experiences through writing for the purpose of gaining insights
• Create effective goals
• Boost your resilience by assembling a personal resilience toolkit and 5-point action plan.

Sessions become available on Monday morning each week.

While there are set deadlines for posting your work and giving feedback to fellow classmates, our 24/7 digital campus means you can work through the course materials at your own pace. This course is flexible, with no pre-recordings and just one live Zoom with the tutor. All the interaction is via our online classroom, so you can dip in and out, fitting study around your work or family commitments, making it easy to participate from anywhere in the world. See our FAQs for more information on the learning journey and how we teach.

Our teaching method is based on the science of active learning: you read/listen/watch, try out, share and reflect. It’s a social experience – you become part of a small group, feeding back on each other’s experiences and reflections to build a supportive bunch of fellow wellbeing travellers you trust. Find out more here.

Session 1: What Does Resilience Mean to You? – Get familiar with the concept of resilience and understand how metaphors can help when dealing with complex concepts.

Session 2: What Does Resilience Look Like? – Explore what resilience can look like in practice and understand the value of preserving and reflecting on your own experiences using writing.

Session 3: What Will You Do Next? – Discover the ways in which popular models for building resilience are relevant to your life and understand how to develop effective goals as you build a writing practice.

Session 4: Bringing It All Together – Reflect on the insights, actions and qualities you have learned throughout the course and create an effective action plan that works for you.

At the end of the course, you will be well prepared to continue your writing for wellbeing journey. You’ll also have six months of free membership to WriteWell Community.

Join our WriteWell community 

After your course finishes, you’ll be in the perfect position to explore the wealth of writing for wellbeing resources in WriteWell. You’ll get free membership for six months, with the option to continue your writing with fellow students, make the most of exclusive events and access regular live sessions.