LOOKING BACK, GOING FORWARD: FINDING POWER IN OUR STORIES is a six-week virtual writing course . The stories we tell about ourselves shape who we are—but what if those stories are holding us back? This workshop invites participants to explore the connection between past experiences and present identities through structured, expressive writing.
Each week introduces a distinct literary form - such as poetry, playwriting, and nonfiction - encouraging participants to discover new avenues of creativity. Your story isn’t set in stone. Rewrite it with us.
Your guide, Conor Moran, LSW, is a therapist with the Center for Therapy & Counseling Services who holds a bachelors in creative writing from Central Connecticut State University. Throughout his career as a writer, he has worked within the realm of personal essays, poetry, playwriting, journalism, and ghostwriting. Some of his published work includes an exploration of male beauty standards amongst gay men, a narrative on clergy abuse from an adult survivor, and a first-person account from a Vietnam Veteran who was amongst the initial cohort of individuals to be identified with meeting the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. While living in Los Angeles, Moran was involved in the development of a number of short films, web series, and a television pilot.
**The workshop offers personal development and writing prompts designed to support reflection, empowerment, and creative expression. While our work may be healing in nature, it is not a substitute for professional mental health care, therapy, counseling, or crisis intervention.
