Word Sauce

Sophie Nicholls is a writer, a therapist and a researcher in the field of creative writing for personal development, health and well-being.

She runs the popular Word Sauce Online Programme in Creative Writing for Personal Development, Health and Well-Being.

She is the author of Hypnotic Journaling: Learn powerful creative writing techniques that will help you to explore yourself and your feelings in just five days.

Originally studying with Celia Hunt at the University of Sussex, who pioneered work in the field during the 1990s, Sophie has helped to further research and understanding of the use of creative writing in health care.

Sophie gained a doctorate from the University of Sussex in Creative Writing and Personal Development and went on to develop courses in writing from life and creative writing for personal development for the universities of Sussex, Leeds and York in the UK.

Sophie’s interest in writing and the body and the connections between writing and mindfulness, self-hypnosis and other creative personal development practices, led to her training as a hypnotherapist.

These days, she combines writing with a busy hypnotherapy practice in York and she travels throughout the UK delivering training to health care professionals, therapists, educators and the general public who are interested in using creative writing as a tool in their work with others or in their personal and professional development.

Recent projects include work with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, which has been featured in the national media; work with patients and families at a hospice in the York area; workshops for LAPIDUS (Association for the Literary Arts in Personal Development); and training for the International Association of Pure Hypnoanalysts and Adam Eason Personal Development.

Sophie is a published poet and the recipient of an Arvon-Jerwood Award for poetry.

You can find out more about Sophie’s work at www.sophienicholls.com.