R. Rose Simon

R. Rose Simon, M.A. is an artist, freelance writer, and Certified journal Instructor from the Center of journal Therapy. She received her Masters of Art in Fine Arts and Education from the University of Montana with an emphasis on the multiple intelligences in teaching and curriculum planning.

Rose has been a certified instructor for the Center for journal Therapy in Colorado since 1999 and is certified to teach The journal to the Self, an effective and very straight forward writing program, based on the book of the same name, written and developed by Kay Adams, LPC, RPT, former president of the National Association for Poetry Therapy and founder of the Center of journal Therapy.

Rose has developed her own series of reflective journal writing and expressive art workshops called "The Creative Journey Workshops". She has spent the last eleven years presenting these workshops for medical centers, correctional facilities, retreat centers, and cancer groups. She has been a guest speaker at the United Way Super Conference, Camp-Make-A- Dream, and an instructor for Elderhostel. She has also taught at Flathead Community colleges in Montana and Peninsula Community in Washington. She specializes in small groups and individual sessions.

Please contact her for presentations and workshops on the Olympic Peninsula area as well as Seattle, WA.