Creative Coping: Small Ways to Cope, Express, and Get Through

📅 Tuesday, June 9, 2026

⏰ 4PM PT / 5PM MT / 6PM CT / 7PM ET

📍 Virtual — Join from anywhere!

In this interactive, experiential session, we’ll explore how creativity can be used as a practical tool to cope, process, and stay connected to yourself during and after cancer. Through a mix of simple writing and art prompts, you’ll be guided through a few low-pressure exercises designed to help you express what you’re holding, no artistic experience required! All you’ll need is something to write with and something to write on.

Creativity gives your brain a different way to process. It can help move emotions that feel stuck, put shape to experiences that are hard to name, and create moments of relief or clarity when things feel overwhelming.

Whether you’re in treatment, navigating survivorship, or supporting someone you love, this call offers space to try these tools in real time and walk away with practices you can return to whenever you need them.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why Creative Coping Works – How writing and art-based practices support emotional regulation, reduce overwhelm, and help process complex experiences, especially when words alone aren’t enough.
• Externalizing What You’re Carrying – How putting thoughts and feelings onto paper (through words, images, or lists) can create distance, clarity, and relief.
• Simple Practices You Can Actually Use – You’ll be guided through a few short writing and creative prompts during the session—designed to be flexible, accessible, and doable even on low-energy days.
• Staying Connected to Yourself – How creative practices can help you reconnect with your body, your emotions, and your values. 

About Our Speaker:

Callie Cullinan is a licensed board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC), licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC-S), artist, and cancer survivor based in Columbus, Ohio. With over a decade of experience supporting individuals through creative expression and emotional healing, Callie brings warmth, insight, and compassion to every group she leads. She currently facilitates programs with Twist Out Cancer.

👉 REGISTER HERE