Dianne Maroney

Dianne Maroney is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. She is a thought leader in the area of stress and trauma in children, and founded The Imagine Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps kids, teens, and adults overcome challenging life circumstances through expressive writing. Dianne developed a simple yet profound 7-step writing tool, now used by schools across the United States. It works by giving kids and teens the opportunity to write about their...See more

Dianne Maroney is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. She is a thought leader in the area of stress and trauma in children, and founded The Imagine Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps kids, teens, and adults overcome challenging life circumstances through expressive writing. Dianne developed a simple yet profound 7-step writing tool, now used by schools across the United States. It works by giving kids and teens the opportunity to write about their deepest personal difficulties, Imagine new possibilities, and amend their stories with brighter, more confident projections into the future. Dianne is the author of the multi-award winning book The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love (Yampa Valley Publishing, 2013). She also wrote Byron the Caterpillar Who Loved to Imagine (Yampa Valley Publishing, 2017) and Your Premature Baby and Child (Berkley, 1999). She lives outside of Denver with her husband and has 3 grown children. See less