Hi, I’m Rachel

I’m a Dr of depth writing & creative guide with a Jungian arts-based PhD in Creative Writing.

After pursuing a career in journalism in my twenties, a breakdown & related chronic illness resulting from unresolved childhood trauma brought me crashing to a standstill. Finding myself at a brink, it was through a mid-life encounter with Jungian therapy that I began a dynamic journey of recovery. Following this life-changing experience, I became interested in how writing & creative practices of all forms can be an equivalent transformational space to explore the threshold between inner & outer worlds and walk back home to who we really are.

I have a background in the media and academia as an Editor of arts & culture magazine Dazed & Confused and a lecturer with over twenty years’ experience teaching creative arts subjects, respectively. I now run a programme of depth writing courses, workshops & retreats underpinned by Jungian psychology & cognitive neuroscience to support creativity and transformational growth, which take place both online and in person.

I’m a Seed Talks expert speaker, serve on the Editorial Team of the London Arts-Based Research Centre and am co-Editor of forthcoming Routledge publication The Creative Psyche: Between Self & Spirit. I write about my travels between worlds through the dark towards the light with my ‘living autobiography’ Dreaming Awake over on the publishing hub Substack. And, as you’ve probably guessed, I love to dive deep.

Want to connect? Get in touch with me here newsomerachelelizabeth@gmail.com