Processes of identity formation have long been a consideration for the field of counselling. Undertaking counselling education can be a fraught time for student counsellors, with increased anxiety and stress, and educators and researchers need to better grasp the complexities inherent in the development of new counsellors. This paper reviews…

With rising student demand, time-limited therapy is becoming the rule rather than the exception at college counseling centers today. While many have viewed this shift as an unwelcome intrusion, this article will examine how to embrace and capitalize on this new, compressed form. Rather than seeing it as a constraint, it will be argued that it…

Poetry therapy is an arts-based psychotherapeutic intervention, often delivered in groups. This paper argues that the process and benefits of poetry therapy may be particularly suited to clients recovering from anorexia, as an adjunct to other treatments. Poetry therapy and its history are described briefly, and the relevance of poetry therapy for…

In this article we aim to explore those points at which migrant identity and landscape intersect. We also consider implications for holistic models of counselling with migrant groups. The New Zealand migration literature was the starting point to consider how and why the experience of migration has been studied. We asked how collective biography…

Describes an insight achieved during the author's own therapy through her knowledge of J.M. Synge's play "Riders to the Sea," regarding issues in her own and her mother's life. (SR)

Explicates a sonnet by Hellen Jaskoski to illustrate the benefits of the therapeutic use of poetry. Gives particular attention to organization, condensation, clarification, safety, catharsis, and mastery. (SR)

Offers 15 humorous questions and answers for certifying Bards for poetry therapy who, once certified, will know exactly what to do when an irresistible farce faces down an immovable objective correlative. (SR)

Suggests that the poet and the psychotherapist begin with different motivations and address quite different tasks. Discusses the paradox embodied in poetry therapy. (SR)

Argues that Lavinia of "Titus Andronicus" is Shakespeare's metaphor for the wounds of division between spoken and written word, who talks in signs, and is both poet and agent of healing: the poem's capacity to sustain the passion of rapture and its capacity to shape a house of consciousness for the particular movement within the…

Discusses the ancient "Bardic Mystery" and its descent into the body to let an old Self die. Analyzes the poetry of three contemporary poets to provide substantial support for the role of the poet in the therapeutic process. Connects self-discovery, transformation, and communal awareness to the healing aspects of the lyric, epic, and…

Explores the role of biblio/poetry therapy as an avenue into the spirit that can promote spirituality, perception, insight, relevancy, integration, and totality. (SR)

Offers a personal narrative which focuses on the grief process and links personal, literary, and clinical elements. (SR)

Argues that the creative process of formulating poetic imagery during therapy may control, integrate, and communicate emotional distress. Illustrates these ideas using the poetry and reflections of a middle-aged woman in analytically oriented therapy. (SR)

Describes the method of "Immersion" to help a client intensify the will to live through a dosed deepening of a feeling of a death which creates a "Force for Pushing Out." Uses the author's own verse as an example of poetry therapy in the context of this method. (SR)

Examines the uses of poetry and metaphor in promoting the human rights of silence/thought; discovery/awareness; communication bridges; being creative; and altering perceptions while promoting hope. (SR)