687 Journaling for Yourself
Class | Registration opens 2/9/2026 11:00 AM
Kathleen Adams’ original model for “Journal to the Self” offers 18 writing tools to make journal writing more useful and less time-consuming. Rachael will guide students on ways to use writing for personal growth, creative expression and life enrichment.
Each week’s session will offer:
- casual conversation to open the session,
- instruction in several of the journal writing techniques—three per session as time permits,
- a chance for participants to write using each of the techniques,
- sharing of written work (sharing is always and only an option),
- and closure—sharing of how the session went, what was learned, how it might be used in everyday life and a brief evaluation.
Participants need to bring a journal and writing implement to each session. Lots of writing will be required!
Rachael Hungerford
RACHAEL HUNGERFORD is professor emerita and retired chair of the education department at Lycoming College, where she also was a lecturer in women's studies. Every course she taught included a strong writing component. She is a certified Journal to the Self instructor and has led workshops at women's retreats, YWCAs, the Salvation Army, and Diakon counseling services. Over the past ten years, she has also conducted writing workshops at Penn Tech, the public library in Wellsboro and the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport. She continues to meet weekly in her home with a long-running writing group.