"Expressing Grief Through Writing"

Lawerence Spann and Elizabeth Robinson

July 23, Noon

Self expression is key to healthy mourning. Unarticulated grief leads to loneliness and despair often related to depression and exacerbation of physical symptoms. Writing helps to move grief. Literature celebrates specific details, the senses, encourages unearthing painful memories and gives license to embellish memories in imaginative and original ways. Writing is an act of defiance that channels energy toward new growth and reconciliation. Lawrence Spann will discuss writing and approaches of how it can be used personally, with clients, friends and family.

Lawrence Henry Spann, PA-C, Ph.D., is a writer & editor. He works with individuals and groups. He founded Sutterwriters, a hospital-based writing program. He’s led hundreds of writing groups and edits books directed at personal growth and healing for individuals. He is an anticoagulation specialist at Sansum Clinic.

Elizabeth Ann Robinson, RN, CNS, Ph.D., is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is author of The Soul of the Nurse that will be published later this year. She worked much of her career in the hospital setting as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in cardiology and critical care.