Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online)

Are you interested in the ways that creative writing can be used as a tool for wellbeing? Perhaps you already work with creative writing in this context or maybe you’d like to find out more about this growing field of practice and research?Teesside University offers a masterin Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online).

The Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online) course at Teesside University is taught by distance learning with no requirement to attend classes at a set time. You can access the course space and complete the coursework in your own time, whatever your work or personal commitments.

Key Facts

This means it is highly suited to teachers; writers developing their teaching and workshopping skills to work in the community; and those using writing in therapy, healthcare and other professional settings.The course explores the meeting points between writing, identity, health, wellbeing and personal and professional development. You gain knowledge and understanding of the theoretical, critical and practical frameworks for using creative and reflective writing for greater wellbeing in a range of settings and in your own life.Alongside developing your own creative writing skills, you will think through the particular challenges and ethical concerns around creating safe spaces in which people can explore their writing.

Top reasons to study this course

> Study this course and you may be eligible for a £2,500 Sir Keith Skeoch postgraduate scholarship.> Flexibility around your commitments – learn and complete course work at a time that suits you.> Career routes are wide and eclectic including publishing, editing and freelance writing, wider creative industries (television, journalism, new media), healthcare sectors and professions that require advanced writing skills.> Unique focus on helping you develop a professional plan that you can go on to implement after the course.> The teaching team are both practicing creative writers and experienced in creative writing and wellbeing.

Courses include:

• Core Skills and Techniques
• The Creative Writing and Wellbeing Project
• The Professional Writer in the World
• Writing and the Self
• Writing and Wellbeing Specialism