The TPT Writing Workshop provides a safe space for those who have experienced sexual trauma to use writing as a vehicle for deeper self-exploration and to create a healing text. Each text is viewed as a living body: alive, evolving, and capable of transformation. 

During the workshop, participants write anonymously, work through honest engagement of their experiences – in whatever form they take – and respond to each other with understanding and compassion as fellow survivors. In this way, the text frees survivors from labels and instead allows them to safely gain power over the telling of their experiences.

Our workshops focus not on craft or grammar but on creating a freeing text with no rules. Writing becomes a way to make sense of what happened, take control through our words, and reclaim power. The workshops can be offered as a single session or a recurring series.

Workshops can be held in person or on Zoom. We share our writing in an online forum, Circle, which allows participants to post under a pseudonym for privacy and safety.

Depending on the format you choose (monthly or in a series), workshops range from 1.5 to 2 hours. 

We start with a discussion of how and why we write about sexual trauma. We share our own survivor work or we choose a survivor piece from TPT magazine to discuss. Then, we write in an anonymous closed forum. Finally, we discuss how to respond to someone’s story of sexual trauma and provide another example. The workshop includes time for grounding exercises and self-reflection.

You will find the sample essay written by co-founder Jackie Regan and sample response by co-founder, Jessica Restaino in TPT Magazine’s Denim Day 2026 issue.

Participants have described the workshop experience as “freeing,” “empowering,” “supportive,” and a way to find “justice.”