Augusten Burroughs wants to help you process your trauma through writing (for $50,000).
If you have unprocessed trauma, $50,000, and a sense of adventure when it comes to your mental health, a new “wellness recovery program” created by Augusten Burroughs—author of the best-selling memoir Running With Scissors—may be right up your alley.
The week-long program, called Focus-Directed Writing™, is through extremely fancy Connecticut wellness center Privé Swiss—”where CEOs and celebs get luxury mental health treatment.” (Please excuse me while I call my insurance company to beg them to cover my insulin this month.)
According to Burroughs, Running With Scissors was born out of his early practice of Focus-Directed Writing™, which, in its current iteration, consists of daily stream-of-consciousness writing, which clients are encouraged to share. Of course, for $50,000, clients will also have access to CBD therapy, massage, IV infusion therapy, acupuncture, and a bevy of other amenities. Sounds like both a healing environment and an excellent argument for taxing the rich!
And hey, if writing isn’t the best form of therapy, how come all writers are so well-adjusted and serene?
[via Yahoo! Life]
Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is a senior editor at Lit Hub whose writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The Glow was published by Random House in 2023. You can buy it here.
