writing-healing

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is home to Writing as Healing, a free, inclusive, volunteer-led writing community for patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and anyone touched by cancer or other illness. For questions, please contact HS-WritingAsHealing@ucdavis.edu. Register below to stay connected with meeting reminders and updates.

Weekly group writing sessions offer a safe space for self-expression and healing. Writing as Healing will meet every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. via virtual platform. Please register to receive link.

Expressive writing:

• Reduces stress
• Decreases symptoms
• Strengthens immune systems
• Shortens recovery periods
• Improves family relationships

Pre-registration is required. Must be 18 years or older to attend.

No experience in creative writing is required. The intention of the workshop is to create a sense of freedom and excitement about writing. We are all writers. Discover and share with us your way and your voice.