Healing Words: The Writing Path to Renewal

Healing Words: The Writing Path to Renewal Healing Words-The Writing Path to Renewal™ - A learning haven for writing your way through soul pain, to peace.

The Art (and Science) of Therapeutic Writing as a Trauma-Informed Practice for Children, Teens, and Adults with Cherie Spehar, of Smiling Spirit Pathways,
Creator of Path of the Pen™ Journal Workshops. Writer's Walk™

This page is to share ideas, thoughts, education, techniques and healing stories about the art of writing for healing. Cherie is a Certified Trauma Specialist and Therapist who als

o specializes in utilizing therapeutic writing as an expressive therapy for trauma healing. Your guide is Cherie Spehar, LCSW, CTS, CTC-S of Smiling Spirit Pathways™ in North Carolina. Cherie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Facilitator, Play Therapist, and Certified Trauma Specialist/Consultant-Supervisor in Apex, NC. She also serves as Lead Blogger for The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children, and has been an avid journaler since the time she could write a letter. A clinician since 1994, she has dedicated her life to the well-being and healing of children, women and families. With her extensive clinical background, her professional path has found her in longstanding roles such as Executive Director of The Child Abuse Prevention Center in Raleigh, NC and Training Coordinator and Developer with the North Carolina State University Social Work Department. Now, she can be found at her private practice center, Smiling Spirit Pathways, where she has developed a haven for consultation, child and family therapy, and trauma services. There, she also develops children’s groups and facilitates workshops related to resiliency, “trauma parenting”, and women’s wellness. Specializing in trauma care, life transitions, grief, and attachment, her trauma-informed approach is highly focused on resiliency principles, particularly child-caregiver connections from birth through the lifespan. Her noted expertise in these areas brings her to wonderful opportunities to supervise, teach, train, and speak on these areas locally and nationally. An author of multiple training curricula, she is currently involved in several exciting projects at Smiling Spirit Pathways, including the writing of a parent publication on supporting children in the aftermath of trauma, and a course on Trauma Journaling. Cherie considers herself an avid, daily student of life and finds the people with whom she has held the privilege of sharing the healing journey to be her greatest, most humbly inspiring teachers. Cherie is currently pursuing additional advanced study in Therapeutic Writing.

Hello dearest ones - I’m finding myself deep in writing mode and creating offerings of solace, serenity and hope for the...
12/07/2023

Hello dearest ones - I’m finding myself deep in writing mode and creating offerings of solace, serenity and hope for the coming year, while honor this one. I’d like to share this special course I created over the past year, in low-key and conversational style on the walk through trauma. It is meant to be a guiding light, supporting your journey, and is filled with hours of videos, journaling prompts, reflective readings, and so much more. All at your own pace, this course was designed for all those hurting and seeking. Please enjoy the special rate of 19.99 for the holidays, and I can’t wait to meet you there -

Welcome, traveler, to our transformational learning and healing community! You alighted on this page in universal synchronicity and I can’t wait to tell you about it. This special place is dedicated to bringing together individuals who are seeking healing and personal growth in their lives. Workin...

Hello sweet souls and travelers!  Welcome to my brand new online course, Real Talk for the Trauma Walk!  I’ve been away ...
07/10/2023

Hello sweet souls and travelers! Welcome to my brand new online course, Real Talk for the Trauma Walk! I’ve been away for some time, writing books, creating a learning space, The Triskele Center, and preparing to bring healing avenues to more souls! This has been years in the making and this course is my first online launch. Through genuine conversations, heartfelt encouragement and an abundance of journaling, ritual, and magic, we will tend to trauma and find our way to healing - so please join me! We will also have monthly lives and other surprises. Here is the link, at a special rate of $29.99 for one month (we will be at $59.99 after that). See below for a deeper letter to your spirits..

https://triskelecenter.com/plans/317836?bundle_token=1b7d839b7698fea1f8facb5c04e67c8f&utm_source=manual

Read further for my letter to you…
Hello dear ones, my name is Cherie Spehar, a trauma therapist and specialist of 29 years, author, educator, and all around lover of life, nature, and the journey.
But, there were times it was not always this way, for you see, none of us are immune from the things life hurls at us sometimes. Even as a trauma specialist, I too had to navigate my way through the pain in the same way that I have been privileged to hold the light for others.
So - I made this for you. This course is a tender and gentle introduction into the maze of trauma, understanding some key aspects to its presentation and giving you some insight into the healing journey. We’ll also discuss the important concept of Secondary Wounding and other factors that affect healing, and I’ll be your guide on getting acquainted to the healing landscapes.

But you will not find some sterile, talking head on the screen. In fact, this course is not polished whatsoever - I don’t have those skills!! I wanted to reach you as my genuine self - as if we were in conversation face to face, walking through the day together. But it is real, and I will be present without any fancy lighting. We are going to spend a day at a beautiful cabin in the woods, where I have recorded messages as we navigate the day together. The wildlife will join us, and the universe shared in the light we were creating.

You’ll get over 120 minutes of video, pages and pages of warm and informative reading, straight from my heart, journaling prompts, ideas for healing activities, and more!!! I’ve included a mini bonus class on Learning how to create a healing altar, and at least 10 different activities you can try to help you restore balance. You’ll also find some ideas for therapeutic art that can aid you in supporting the release and reordering of those tender yet intense emotions.

And, once you join this course, you will become a member of my brand new Transformational Learning and Healing Community, The Triskele Center. Through that platform, you will meet likeminded souls who are your traveling companions, and share the energetic journey in a safe, supported way. We are just getting going, and you will find additional resources for each month about transforming, growing and becoming. It’s such a wonderful place! It will also be the space that I will host a free and ongoing monthly Q and A live session where we can cover your questions, and engage in a healing activity related to the monthly theme.

I’ve been waiting to present this introductory course for a long time and I am so over the moon excited that it is finally here!! It will pave the way for healing classes that we will offer later and get you started on the path to feeling safe, validated, supported, with receiving the RIGHT information to undertake this journey. It is not therapy, but it has the potential to support your therapeutic transformation. Please, join me and the rest of the travelers on this healing way. The light is on, and we’re waiting for you.

Knowing that healing is more than cognitive, more than physical, and more than our limitations, Triskele is here to invite you to engage with the movement of the Mystical as navigate your personal healing and self development. The Triskele is an ancient Celtic symbol that is connected to the power o...

Because words- written ones too- carry energy.
01/02/2018

Because words- written ones too- carry energy.

12/03/2017

Often, a healing spirit seeks  the fastest path to relief.  We seek “healing” as an accomplishment.  Healing is, rather,...
12/03/2017

Often, a healing spirit seeks the fastest path to relief. We seek “healing” as an accomplishment. Healing is, rather, a process that restores identity, faith, and joy by activating inner resilience. It’s a beautiful, individual, reverent journey to witness.

12/01/2017

Journal Prompt: Honoring Truth - Another month comes to a close. As the last hours of November blanket us, consider writing about your Truths. What do you know is true, even when things are falling away? What is a truth you know that is proven by your internal compass, not external noise? Breathe, write, and deepen. Then, use any ritual you choose to honor this wisdom. ~Cherie L. Spehar, LCSW

You know you are in sync with your client when you both find the same symbol in your Intuitive Scribble Symbol (without ...
11/30/2017

You know you are in sync with your client when you both find the same symbol in your Intuitive Scribble Symbol (without looking). Not to mention the meaning!

Healing isn’t always easy. We have to learn steps we’ve never danced before, and we probably didn’t even want to learn t...
11/29/2017

Healing isn’t always easy. We have to learn steps we’ve never danced before, and we probably didn’t even want to learn the dance in the first place. But.. Dance.

11/28/2017

Waking up again writers and journalers! Come visit on the brand new Instagram account!!

3 Followers, 14 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cherie L. Spehar, LCSW, CTC-S ()

06/10/2017

Can writing about pain and secret feelings really help boost your body’s immune system?

11/08/2016

We journal writers and Journal Therapists know this!

09/26/2016

It's true!

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Cherie L. Spehar, MSW, LCSW, CTS, CTC-S
Raleigh, NC

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