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…

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)

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…

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)

Presents the process of poetry writing as a method for the study and management of countertransference feelings in the treatment of patients with varying degrees of pathology. Present several poems which serve a number of functions, such as recording, documenting, exploring, and analyzing countertransferential feelings. (SR)

Provides a framework and suggests tools to assist the grieving for loss of dreams. Discusses distinguishing which losses are loss of dreams, grieving the loss of dreams, putting shattered dreams in perspective, and having new dreams. (SR)

Examines the use of the poetic with respect to the technical characteristics common to various forms of brief psychotherapy. Suggests that poetry can serve as a therapeutic agent in promoting client change. Conclude with implications for practice and directions for further research. (RS)

Discusses the use of poetry as a therapeutic means of breaking silence with survivors of an alcoholic household. Examines some of the author's own poetry as descent images and links ancient myth to the journey of contemporary women. (SR)

Examines poetry therapy as a healing force for the individual. Discusses poetry therapy as a conduit to draw out inner emotions and feelings of spirit with an emphasis on spiritual and religious values. Argues that personal growth and development of a values system can be enhanced through poetry therapy. (SR)

Present an overview of the field of poetry therapy, discussing definitions, goals, applications, theory, and method (describing a typical session). Notes that this report was originally submitted for testimony on Capitol Hill. (SR)

Uses poems composed by clients to discuss the use of poetry therapy in counseling young people as they explore issues relating to sexual identity. (SR)

Advocates writing poetry to express and/or resolve feelings that may otherwise be too difficult to talk about. (SR)

Discusses some theoretical considerations essential to understanding poetry's power to assist in healing mental, moral, or spiritual anguish. Presents two fundamental and contrasting notions of what a poet does, how a poem comes to be, what place a poet and poetry have in society, and what criteria determine whether a poem is art, or not. (RS)