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Hello and welcome
I am an Australian based clinical psychologist, working with writers at every stage of the writing life. The Writermind Project is dedicated to promoting writers' mental health, emotional wellbeing, writing engagement, accountability and connection. This project, launched in 2024 replaces the much loved A Mind of One's Own, a boutique writers' coaching and therapy practice that operated between 2013 and 2024. Whilst not a writer myself I aim to make an indirect contribution to the literary world I love so much by supporting writers to manage the vulnerabilities, doubts and uncertainties of the writing life. I have studied English, Communication, Psychology, coaching and conflict management. Before training as a clinical psychologist I worked as a broadcast journalist with Australia's ABC Radio, and as a mediator. Research Considering how many writers struggle with procrastination - and the distress, frustration and poor mental health that can be linked to chronic procrastination - I have conducted research projects to better understand some of the psychological factors associated with different levels of procrastination severity. I have incorporated the findings into The Writermind Project programs. Helping writers to develop the skills for a sustainable, engaged writing life In essence, the decade (plus) that I've spent working with writers has been focused on one thing: helping writers to develop what I now call a Writermind; a mind that has balance, fexibility, perspective, attunement, self-awareness, insight and gentle, effective discipline. A mind that can stay connected to a project even when confidence is at a low ebb. I have come to believe that a Writermind is the centrepiece of the sustainable, engaged writing practice. |
The Writer's Psych and founder of The Writermind Project | Alison Manning
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