By Gabriel Princewill-
A poet who uses spoken word to address mental health has been touring the uk, using his talent to offer therapy to people.
Kezzabelle Ambler used her one-woman spoken word tour for Mental Health
Awareness Week, offering hope to patients in hospitals, and across various sections of society.
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She has spent a lot of time in psychiatric unit wards, using her lyrical prowess to facilitate inner healing for the under trodden and those beset with serious mental health issues.
The ambitious lyricist who runs a weekly workshop at a Northamptonshire hospital, hopes to take her message nation wide.
Since 2016. the ambitious and driven poet has facilitated and encouraged creative freedom to patients in P.I.C units and acute psychiatric wards in Northamptonshire every week. Now she wants to take it further. Visiting times are limited in Mental Health wards making occupational art therapies like this a lifeline for many patients. Through her ‘Permission To Love Yourself’ book tour,
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Kezzabelle’s mission is to use creative expression to positively impact more people's lives nationally, particularly those with mental health issues, so their pens can become a tool for life.
Spending time in a psychiatric unit can be scary for patients losing their liberty alone, but creative facilitators like Kezzabelle who brings a bright relief and release, including the outside world in her journey. Her ‘Weaving Words’ creative writing workshops give people an opportunity to unlock their thoughts and feelings onto the page as well as colourful imaginings from prompts, too, often bringing a sense of calm and clarity when it matters most.
The versatile and dynamic poet also runs creative writing workshops that give people an opportunity to unlock their thoughts and feelings onto the page, as well as colourful imaginings from prompts, too, often bringing a sense of calm and clarity when it matters most.
According to Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2021-22, there were 53,337 new detentions under the Mental Health Act recorded, but the overall national totals will be higher.
A six time author, Ms Ambler is a big fan of using words productively to impact people and with the overarching aim of healing their mental issues.
”Words are very powerful, she says with a passionate tone of conviction. They can lift one up or bring one down. I remember my teacher telling me as a teenager after submitting a piece of poetry to her that she did not believe I had written it . I never wrote poetry for another 30 years after that. Whether it was subconscious or not, I don’t know”.
Kezzabelle wants to encourage mental health decision-makers nationwide to welcome her and her creative expression workshops into their occupational therapy sessions while she is in their locality. She wants to enable people to express, heal and play with words to give them a voice and for their stories to be heard.
Since 2016, the prolific writer has facilitated and encouraged creative freedom to patients in P.I.C units and acute psychiatric wards in Northamptonshire on a weekly basis.
She is now scheduled to take her vision further afield. Visiting times are limited in Mental Health wards making occupational art therapies like this a lifeline for many patients. Through her ‘Permission To Love Yourself’
book tour,
Kezzabelle’s mission is to use creative expression to positively impact more people’s lives nationally, particularly those with mental health issues, so their pens can become a tool for life.
Spending time in a psychiatric unit can be scary for patients losing their liberty alone. Creative facilitators like Kezzabelle bring a bright relief and release, bringing the outside world in. Her ‘Weaving Words’ creative writing workshops give people an opportunity to unlock their thoughts and feelings onto the page as well as colourful imaginings from prompts, too, often bringing a sense of calm and clarity when it matters most.
According to Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2021-22, there were 53,337 new detentions under the Mental Health Act recorded, but the overall national totals will be higher.
Connection
Kezzabelle’s goal is to foster a deep sense of connection to empower individuals to express themselves and pour out their stories.
With her new book and app ‘A Weaving Words Experience’, out in the summer, Word Weavers can continue their creative journeys in a community who together simply watch, pause and write.
Kezzabelle wants to reach even more people and enable them to find the words for their experiences to help them heal. Her book tour will also raise awareness to support Johnny’s Happy Place CIC, where she runs weekly workshops in their welcoming community café in Kettering in memory of Johnny Mackay, who took his life on October 23rd 2014.
Kezzabelle added: “Words are powerful, especially the spoken word. I love taking my poetry, art and eco-therapy into mental health wards and seeing the changes it makes. When we scribble down our stream of consciousness together, it releases the busyness and often uncovers that inner child within us all too. This approach sometimes
challenges preconceived ideas of poetry and writing, but Weaving Words workshops aren’t just about writing.
Kezzabelle wants to bless, encourage and connect with those who cross her path at her spoken word performances by bringing her “Weaving Words Creative Writing Workshops' to festivals, art galleries, mental health wards and retreats. She is known favourably for her performance poetry as the “Mistress of Mischief and Wordsmith.
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