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Sarah Teresa Cook

writer | poet | creative mentor & coach

I work intimately with tenderhearted writers and (neuro)divergent creative humans, primarily through 1:1 Coaching, as well as monthly workshops and occasional group programs.

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About me

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I hold an MA in English Literature, with emphases in poetics and creative writing, and a minor in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.

I believe in borrowing lenses from the social services field, where I spent about 8 years in housing advocacy, youth services, and community mental health. I am both trauma-informed and strengths-based in my work.

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I spent a lot of time believing I would never be successful on my own terms, and that I wouldn’t be a real writer until I could check off certain boxes. Yet it was my own creative practice, paired with mentorship, therapy, and other healing modalities, that brought me back to my whole self, my truest terms, and my most fulfilling artistic experiences.

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I trust that writing is always at least a little bit spiritual: you take your imagination, which lives in your body yet isn’t confined to it, and use it to build and examine your tender self and all your weird, wonderful ideas. What else in life can provide us with medicine and play in such equal amounts? We put words on the page and, over time, come to inhabit our lives differently. Like magic! But also: like choice.

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People have described me as a “creative intuitive,” and “kind of like a family therapist for you and your creativity.” I like these descriptions! They feel true to me.

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A digital illustration of a moth with radar or sonar targeting patterns overlaid on its wings.
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I live on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, on Wasco and Wishram land, where I write For the Birds, a newsletter about neurodivergence, the writing life, and the natural world, and host monthly workshops for my Substack community.

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I love bugs, hiking, and game shows.

I love that my sun and moon are both in Taurus.

I love having two middle names: Teresa Leonora.

I love the desert, the ocean, and getting tattoos.

Let’s step into the creative laboratory together

If you’re interested in working together, the first step is to schedule a free, no-pressure intro call.

This “vibe check” helps us make sure it’ll be the right fit at the right time, and gives you a chance to ask me all your questions.

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