Poetry and Children of Alcoholics: Breaking the Silence.

Dyer, Martha

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ERIC Number: EJ475718

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Poetry and Children of Alcoholics: Breaking the Silence.

Dyer, Martha

Journal of Poetry Therapy, v5 n3 p143-51 Spr 1992

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)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Counseling Techniques, Creative Writing, Poetry, Psychotherapy

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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