Welcome to Wordstoreworkshops!

My name is Alison Summers. I am a writer and tutor. I set up my company Wordstore Workshops in March 2004.

For several years I have been interested in the link between creative writing and improvement in health. I found that writing played a large part in my recovery from chronic clinical depression. In the course of teaching adults creative writing I noticed that writing a sonnet about a long buried grief could produce the mourning that was long overdue. I am keen to introduce creative writing to organisations who are familiar with other stress relieving techniques such as yoga. For me writing is yoga for the mind and the psyche. How can you know what you think until you see what you write? This is the huge advantage of writing over talking therapies! I am not a therapist but the writing is therapeutic.

For details of workshops please contact me:

Alison Summers

alisonjmsummers@hotmail.co.uk