INKspiration 2026: Rising Stars

Last year, we celebrated 40 years of journal INKspiration with the most renowned voices in our field.

This year, we’re opening the floor.

INKspiration 2026: Rising Stars showcases the next generation of journal therapy and expressive writing leaders — practitioners actively shaping and expanding this work in their communities.

Across four Saturdays (March through October), you’ll experience three engaging 90-minute workshops each day — thoughtful sessions designed to inspire and deepen your relationship with writing and healing.

4 Dates • 12 Rising Voices • A Field That’s Growing

Be part of what’s unfolding.

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– Our report J is for  JOURNAL
– The 30-Day Digital Journaling Challenge 
– News about upcoming conferences, classes, and programs

NOW OPEN: Summer 2026 Classes from the Therapeutic Writing Institute

The Therapeutic Writing Institute's newest class schedule is now available! Classes eligible for CEUs offer 8 hours of continuing education for counselors upon verification of satisfactory course completion and submission of course evaluation.

Kathleen Adams speaks with great clarity, inspiration and balance. One feels her commitment to care for, guide and accompany the writer on a journey that she herself has fully embraced.

The burgeoning field of journal therapy is fortunate to have the commitment and steady vision of Kathleen Adams. She offers the journal as a powerful and sophisticated tool.

Journal writing is the most accessible and adaptable form of self-help. Kathleen Adams gives journal writers and their therapists caring access to the inner life.

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