POETRY THERAPY & BIBLIOTHERAPY
Websites
go to bibliography listingBowery Poetry Club. Poetry on the streets, especially spoken word performance, plus information on writers, an artwall, magazine, etc. http://www.bowerypoetry.com/
BridgeXingsPoetry Center. Long-distance and on-site (NYC) mentorship/supervision in poetry therapy byLila Weisberger, RPT. http://www.bridgecrossings.org/
The Creative "Righting" Center. Using the written word for healing and personal growth.Mentorship/supervision in poetry and bibliotherapy by Sherry Reiter, PhD, RPT. http://users.erols.com/sreiter/
Inkwings. Expressive writing for strength, growth and healing with Linda Lanza. http://www.inkwings.com/
Jump Write In. Workshops, consultations, quotes and links on poetry therapy and journal therapy by Deborah Thornley, CPT (TLA student). http://www.jumpwritein.com/
The National Association for Poetry Therapy, founded in 1981, reports most of its 380 members are in the psychology, education, nursing, rehabilitation, or social work fields. NAPT focuses on the poetic power of language to bring healing, growth, transformation and empowerment. Poetry therapists work with all manner of populations – the elderly, children, people with mental or physical illnesses, people in transition of all kinds, at-risk as well as mainstream populations. NAPT sponsors Certified Poetry Therapist (CPT) and Registered Poetry Therapist (RPT) degrees, publishes a journal, and holds an annual conference. NAPT also publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Museletter, and The Journal of Poetry Therapy. The NAPT Foundation awards grants each fall to poetry therapy projects – workshop series, publications, etc. – and provides scholarships for the NAPT conference for U.S. and international poetry therapy students and professionals. The National Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy, founded in 1983, has a very small membership, and engages in biblio/poetry therapy, which it defines as using literature to help patients "respond to an emotional impact which can then be integrated in self-awareness and self-understanding." NFBPT plans to conduct research and educational program, and it's affiliated with NAPT. It is also the arm of poetry therapy that monitors and awards poetry therapy certification. http://www.poetrytherapy.org/
Poems Heal
Creative Arts Center. Workshops, consulting and counseling
by Nancy Scherlong, RPT, for family and youth with poetry therapy
emphasis. http://www.metaphorsforhealing
Poetic Medicine. Workshops, books, writing prompts and more with John Fox. http://www.poeticmedicine.com/
Poetry in the Arts. (PITA) is a literary nonprofit corporation committed to service to the literary and education communities. PITA maintains a Poet & Writer Resources Web site with extensive, freely accessible meta indexes of publishers, literary competitions, workshops and learning resources among many others. Unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose, art and music for its online journals, Ardent!, andpoetry and essays on the arts by teens to MoonCrossed 33/33 are also sought. "http://poetryinarts.org/"
Poetry Practice. Workshops, consultations, poems and writing prompts by Jean Bass, CPT. http://www.poetrypractice.com/
Tamura Clinic. Innovative poetry therapy program in Japan (English version of site available). http://www.tamuraclinic.jp/
Transformative Language Arts Network: The TLA Network a gathering place, a healing ground, a place of greater vision and wider perspective that supports individuals and organizations in promoting all forms of the spoken, written and sung word as a tool for personal and community transformation. TLAN organizes the annual Power of Words conference, published The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader, offer memberships, a web-zine, and other benefits, including many resources on right livelihood.
Walking Poetry Project. Walking and writing project to raise awareness of teen suicide by Iris Angle. http://www.walkingpoetry.com/
Wordsworth Center for Growth and Healing. The Wordsworth
Center for Poetry Therapy Training, preparing students for poetry
therapy credentialing through distance learning; monthly classes in
Potomac, MD; weekly classes in Washington, DC.Co-directors are NAPT
members Dr. Peggy Osna Heller and Dr. Ken Gorelick. http://www.wordsworthcenter
Write to Be. Training and consultation with Denise M. Anderson. http://www.writetobe.com/
Write Where You Are. Workshops, publications, writing prompts,
writing roots and more with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, CPT, PhD, and
coordinator of Goddard’s TLA program. http://www.writewhereyouare
Bibliography
go to website listingS. Blanton, The Healing Power of Poetry.
J. Bosveld, Topics for Getting in Touch: A Poetry Therapy Sourcebook.
Geri Chavis and Lila Weisberger, The Healing Foundation: Poetry Therapy for Life’s Journey.
Ted Bowman, Loss of Dreams: A Special Kind of Grief.
Beth and Carol Doll, "Bibliotherapy with Young People."
John Fox, Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making.
Deborah Grayson, Parents and Other Strangers
M. Harrower, The Therapy of Poetry.
A. M. Hynes and M. Hynes-Berry, Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process.
Arleen McCarty Hynes and Mary Hynes-Berry, Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process.
A. Kelley, The Poetry Remedy.
N. Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology and Literature.
Jack Leedy, M.D., Poetry as Healer: Mending the Troubled Mind.
- Poetry in the Therapeutic Experience
A. Lerner, Poetry in the Therapeutic Experience.
Art Lerner and Mahlendorf, Life Guidance Through Literature
Nick Mazza, Poetry Therapy: The Interface of the Arts and Psychology.
M.R. Morrison, Poetry As Therapy
L. Pearson, The Use of Written Communications In Psychotherapy
R.H. Schauffler, The Poetry Cure: A Pocket Medicine Chest of Verse
G.A. Schloss, Pscyhopoetry
The Journal of Poetry Therapyhas many articles on facilitating groups, such as “Healing from Addictions Through Poetry Therapy” by Mari Alschuler. Check out the journal’s index to see if any articles fit your work.
“Guidelines for Journal Groups” by Katherine “Kay” Adams, from her book Mightier Than the Sword: The Journal as a Path to Men’s Self-Discovery.
The appendix in Irene Borger’s (editor) From A Burning House is an excellent source on how to arrange and run writing and healing groups, especially for very at-risk population. This anthology from the LA AIDS Project has excellent examples of participants’ work (and excellent examples of exercises you could use).
Marge Eaton Heegard, The Facilitator’s Guide for Drawing Out Feelings.
Tom Atlee and Rosa Zubizarreta, “Comparison of Robert’s Rules of Order, Consensus Process and Dynamic Facilitation”
Pat Schneider, Writing Alone and With Others.
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