Andrew Kauffmann is a coach and a tutor of expressive and therapeutic writing. The Centre for Mental Health’s 2024 Writer in Residence, he has lived with a mental health condition for over 20 years. A kidney donor, and a campaigner with extensive experience working for health and care charities such as Age UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Royal National Institute of Blind People, he has recently run writing workshops for members of Carers UK, Renal Arts Group and Kidney Care UK. He delivers writing for wellbeing workshops for members of brainstrust, a UK based brain tumour charity. Elsewhere, he’s led workshops on writing challenging material for The Literary Consultancy and The Write Salon. He has completed a CPD-accredited introduction to Therapeutic and Reflective Writing with The Professional Writing Academy, and undergone training with the Institute for Narrative Therapy on turning life events into stories. A coach who focuses on stories as a tool to support individuals undergoing life transitions, Andrew is undertaking an MA in Creative Writing and Wellbeing at Teesside University. He is soon running new expressive writing workshops, “Writing Our Health and Care Stories” in partnership with London Lit Lab.