Join us for this generative writing session in honor of Mental Health Awareness month, and open to writers in all genres.  This session, led by mental health professional Lynne Schmidt who has a focus in trauma informed care and emotion focused therapy, will foster the use of "grounding" as a technique for processing traumatic memories, and how to successfully write through these challenging experiences to promote healing. Three to four prompts will be offered, as well as a safe space for sharing small segments as comfortable.
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LYNNE SCHMIDT (she/they) is the queer, disabled, neurodivergent grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and a mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing.  They are the 2025 Maine Arts Fellow, the second-place winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Founders Contest, winner of the 2021 The Poetry Question Chapbook Contest, 2020 New Women's Voices Contest. Lynne is the author of the chapbooks, The Unaccounted for Circles of Hell, SexyTime, Dead Dog Poems, and Gravity. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her pack of dogs and one cat to humans.