Writing as a therapy tool...

Writing has always been a means of expressing my inner critique, if you will, a way
in which to tell myself and a higher power my inner weaknesses and doubts. It's also a tool; however, in which to share what I'm most proud of, something I think most of us find difficult to do. Positive sharings of the heart aren't nearly as accepted as the negative sharings in our hearts, or perhaps, as humans, we don't know quite how to handle one's ecstatic explanation of one's life. Either way, writing is important to me, I see it as a therapy of sorts. I'd like to continue the teaching of writing but add elements of therapy to it, opposed to just simply teaching the academic styles of writing. Writing as a therapy is what I'd like to venture upon next. I'm on my way to fulfilling this goal (I teach adult continuation writing classes at a nearby college as well as classes for the park district,)but in the future, making money while creating a larger community of learners are part of the larger plan.