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Schizophrenia, the creative process, & the loss of self Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Tracy Amber Ross
This article is a critical analysis of the craft of poetry as seen through the eyes of the poet, and highlights the dynamics of the creative process. It focuses on chronic mental challenges in ligh...
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Poetry and dialogic learning Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Andrea Bramberger, Sabine Seichter
This case report discusses the poetry initiative Poetry and Social Justice designed for a group of second-graders in an Austrian school to enhance their democratic, dialogic learning. The process i...
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“Your voice brings calmness to the chaos in my mind”: exploring the uses of poetry on TikTok Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Jeroen Dera
This article provides a first exploratory analysis of how poetry functions on TikTok, where the #poetry hashtag has generated tens of billions of views so far. Using three case studies, namely the ...
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Confession of an angry mother Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Chloe Le
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Taking time to heal: poetry writing and healthcare provider burnout Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jake Young
Healthcare professionals are increasingly suffering from burnout. Poetry writing should be considered as a resource to reduce symptoms of burnout. The effects of poetry writing have been studied in...
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Children's writing – facilitating one’s internal and external communication through writing* Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Sarit Ifrah
Popular conceptions notwithstanding, children are using the medium of writing in their different life spheres at present more than at any other time in human history. Therefore, examining this cour...
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The effect of storytelling on the anxiety of children under 18 years of age in Iran: a systematic review Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Zeinab Jalambadani
The purpose of the present systematic review is to determine whether storytelling can reduce anxiety in children under 18 years of age in studies conducted in Iran. The present article was conducte...
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Book clubs as a possible approach to bibliotherapy: an L2 online book club for EFL learners Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Lijuan Wang
In the spring of 2022, I started an online book club for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in a university in Shanghai. Over the research period of four months, eight participants who jo...
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“Double mirror” reflections technique: a case study in creative interactive poetry therapy (CIPT) Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Dahlia Lorenz, Daniel Cohen
The aim of the article is to offer a therapeutical technique as part of the Creative Interactive Poetry Therapy (CIPT) expressive writing process. A teen Client analyzes self-authored poems accordi...
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Mindful writing: pathways to wholeness Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Marianela Medrano
This article describes Mindful Writing (MW) as an approach that connects us to the here and now without judging the experiences of the body, feeling, mind, and understanding. From that vantage poin...
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Whobodies and whobody places: milieus of mattering Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Ted Bowman
Metaphors for empathy and welcoming places abound. Oft used descriptors for grief care include a safe place, a nurturing environment, compassionate care, and meeting the person where they are. Thei...
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Found poetry, found hope: a creative and powerful method for sharing health research Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Rebecca Rich
This paper details the usefulness of found poetry as an arts-based approach to public health research dissemination. The poems in the paper are from the findings of a larger study which utilized na...
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Storytelling and bibliotherapy: tools and techniques for children receiving therapeutic intervention Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Susan Sunden
Storytelling is a critical skill for interventionists interested in providing services to children through bibliotherapy. Developmental age and the actual abilities of children to process different...
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Therapeutic power analysis of Rumi poems for their use in bibliotherapy Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Rakesh K. Maurya, Mehmet N. Akkurt
Selection of the literary work in bibliotherapy is a crucial process. The purpose of this study was to examine Rumi’s poetry for its potential use as a bibliotherapeutic intervention by utilizing [...
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The effectiveness of a manualized hip-hop and rap intervention on well-being among black emerging adult men: a multiple baseline design Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Lanita Jefferson, Jonathan Ohrt
In this study, I used single case research, specifically, multiple baseline design to test the effectiveness of implement the reading of hip-hop and rap lyrics in mental health counseling. Data was...
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Poetry Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Anna Liudnova
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Poetry and COVID-19: the benefit of poetry and the poetryandcovidarchive.com website to mental health and wellbeing Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Anthony Caleshu, Rory Waterman, Sam Kemp
From June 2020 to June 2021, the website poetryandcovid.com (now archived as poetryandcovidarchive.com) served as a platform for poetic responses by people from around the world to the COVID-19 pan...
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The therapeutic and scientific benefits of psychological poetry: a two-step study Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Eftichia Matalon
The cornerstone of this study is a poem of psychological poetry concerning some religious teachings. The poem was composed by the author. In a first step, in order to confirm the therapeutic capaci...
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If My Hair Could Talk Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Submitted By: Linda J. Holloway
ABSTRACT In this poem, the author gives voice to Black hair. Since Black hair has often been misunderstood and historically discriminated against, this poem is to show homage, acceptance, appreciation, and celebration for Black hair.
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Practising creative bibliotherapy down under: understanding diverse approaches to literature as therapy Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Sara James, Juliane Römhild
ABSTRACT This article explores how practitioners of creative bibliotherapy utilise diverse approaches and understand the therapeutic possibilities of their practice. Creative bibliotherapy involves the therapeutic use of literature by a non-clinical facilitator working with groups or individuals. It is distinct from clinical bibliotherapy as a therapeutic approach, which generally works with non-fiction
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The unique role of poetry in medical education Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Soheil Mirzaei, Mina Eftekharzadeh, Houman Parsaie, Nahid Mousavi
ABSTRACT Education through poetry has long attracted the attention of scientists. As one of the oldest and most complex human arts, poetry can facilitate the learning of educational materials for the audience. Medical poetry conveys important points to medical students and makes difficult medical vocabulary easy for them. Including humanities in medical education is a measure to increase medical art
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Self-bibliotherapy: writing and identity consolidation processes in “Emily of New Moon” by Lucy Maud Montgomery Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Bella Sagi
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the role of personal writing in processes involving writing, processing loss and grief, and identity consolidation, employed in shaping the character of Emily Starr in the book “Emily of New Moon” by Lucy Maud Montgomery, well known for her series “Anne of Green Gables” and for the character of Anne Shirley. Emily, who is dealing with orphanhood following the childhood
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To the badlands and back: a researcher-poet’s journey through loss and grief Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Sandra Sjollema
ABSTRACT Qualitative researchers employ poetry to construct meaning out of painful life circumstances, including the grieving process surrounding death. A motive for utilizing poetic inquiry, i.e. the use of poetry in research, is its ability to express emotion and convey complexity. As grieving is a decidedly emotional and complex experience, poetry seems well-suited to represent data in this situation
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Learning from self-help books: an experiential account of management teachers Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Nishant Kumar Khandelwal
ABSTRACT This empirical paper provides an experiential account of learning from self-help books by the teachers of the management stream from the Indian context. The current environment is posing new and unprecedented challenges to academicians, management teachers being one of them. Self-help books have for centuries helped readers to deal with such challenges. Hence, this exploratory study, using
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Poetic representation in program evaluation: an integrated model Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Donna C. Owens
ABSTRACT An evaluation was conducted of a community trauma program based in a local church to guide improvement, expansion, and replication efforts. While conducting interviews an unexpected pattern of language emerged, and in the creation of the evaluation report a poetic representation was included as an offering to the interviewees who had shared their time, their stories, and their words. This
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Lost or found in translation: multilingualism among Arab bibliotherapists in Israel Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Sarit Bar Zaken
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of verbal (Arabic/Hebrew), cultural (collectivist/individual), and therapeutic languages (bibliotherapy/psychotherapy) among Israeli-Arab bibliotherapists. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted among 10 therapists to ascertain how their multilingualism influences their dialogues among themselves, with their patients, as well as which literature they
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Can you ride a bike? Mindful and alert story processing as a new assessment procedure for bibliotherapists Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Inbar Sofri, Yair Ziv
ABSTRACT Bibliotherapy is a unique therapeutic method which relies on different reading and writing processes. A crucial part of this therapeutic method is the focus on the process of identification-echoing-insight that occurs while reading or listening to a story; the readers identify with a character in the story, relate the events in the story to their personal lives, and finally, examine the story
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Therapeutic writing groups with a forensic inpatient population Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Autumn Slaughter, Scott Orth
Writing groups have been implemented in a variety of inpatient psychiatric settings, with reports that groups contribute to patients’ sense of mastery and belonging. However, no published research ...
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Sing along with Milarepa: songs of liberation from lust and craving Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Dhiraj B. Ambade
Poetry therapy is a promising method for healing psychiatric disorders and gaining fresh perspectives on life. Spiritual poetry, in particular, supports psychology and therapeutic uses. This study ...
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Poetry therapy and Eco-Anxiety – a case study Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Paolo Raile
This paper explores the possible role of Poetry Therapy in the treatment of a young adult with Eco-Anxiety. The subject is a 21-year-old male from Vienna, Austria, suffering from a severe form of E...
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Lost Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Mel Wardle Woodend (Staffordshire Poet Laureate 2019-2022)
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Literary therapy based on positive psychology impact on college students’ happiness Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Feng Mao, Xinle Yang
The psychological problems of college students are the focus of social concern since they are a group about to set foot in society. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of positive psychology-b...
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Poetry writing as a hope-building tool during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Daneshwar Sharma
In difficult times, people turn to poetry, reading, and writing for solace and peace. In emotionally intense and traumatic times, people use poetry to process and understand the lived eyepieces. Th...
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Narrative Therapy as an innovative approach to Anorexia Nervosa treatment: a literature review Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Petra José Pereira Santos, Luísa Soares, Ana Lúcia Faria
Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by a morbid fear of gaining weight, excessive restriction of food and intense and exaggerated practice of physical exercise. There are two subtypes of a...
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Classroom, pandemic, and life Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Md Mujib Ullah
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 37, No. 1, 2024)
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Poetising research to enhance understanding: poetic methodologies and philosophical positioning Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Sally Edwards Price
This paper illuminates a method of representation of research methodologies and philosophical positioning expressed through the use of poetics, allowing for a more playful space for critical reflec...
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Writing spice-themed poetry for COVID-19 prevention campaign for Indonesian children Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Ari Ambarwati, Wawan Eko Yulianto, Sri Wahyuni
Indonesian spices offer an avenue into a broad spectrum of knowledge covering history, geography, sciences, humanities, and medicine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, spices have been revisited for po...
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Understanding death within eternal poetic time Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-21 D. J. MacKenzie
ABSTRACT This article is an a/r/tographic (artist/researcher/teacher) study through autobiographical close readings of several poems as a means to understand death within what the author calls eternal poetic time. Moving beyond the author’s childhood’s static image of death, the paper suggests that the ephemeral nature of life is not something to fear, but makes living more beautiful and eternal through
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Cognitive bibliotherapy for delinquent adolescents with psychopathic disorder: a quasi-experimental study Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-18 Azam Rafiei, Alireza Noruzi, Tayebeh Ferdousi
Bibliotherapy is used as a low-cost, non-pharmacological intervention in the treatment of many mental disorders. This study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive bibliotherapy on personality...
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Virtual poetry, nursing and Google Meet Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Rachid Acim
Virtual Poetry and nursing have much to say about humanity during and after the global lockdown. Whereas nurses have worked on the front lines to treat infected patients both physically and mentall...
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Effects of self-expressive writing as a therapeutic method to relieve stress among university students Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Noor Hassline Mohamed, Amoneeta Beckstein, Gary Winship, Tanjina Ashraf Khan Mou, Nicholas Tze Ping Pang, Dennis Relojo-Howell
ABSTRACT Expressive writing is a therapeutic intervention which requires people to write about stressful life events and their emotional responses to those experiences. This study examined the effects of self-expressive writing in assuaging stress among university students. 166 university students first completed the Perceived Stress Scale and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Participants
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Needed words: poetry therapy and the circle of hope Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Alma María Rolfs
ABSTRACT This article, drawn from the author’s keynote address presented at the National Association for Poetry Therapy annual conference on 29 April 2022, provides a professional and personal perspective on the benefits of poetry therapy in promoting unity and facilitating healthy transitions. The power of poetry therapy lies in its effectiveness in both helping clients through painful or difficult
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Woman in medicine Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-02 America Revere
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 36, No. 4, 2023)
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“Writing the wrongs and writing the rights”: scriptotherapy in Ian McEwan’s Atonement Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Neha Hejaz, Rajni Singh
ABSTRACT This article examines how Briony, the central protagonist of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement comes to terms with her guilt for the wrong she had done as a 13-year-old. Her guilt turns into a traumatic memory which she attempts to overcome by adopting the therapeutic exercise of writing, i.e. scriptotherapy.
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“And I surrender to maternity”: a poetic autoethnographic inquiry into juggling roles of a doctoral student mother during the pandemic Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan
ABSTRACT The juggling roles of doctoral student mothers have worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the whole world. While researchers have been focusing on how faculty mothers are burdened by and cope with the “new normal”, little attention has been paid to the situation of doctoral student mothers. This autoethnographic poetic inquiry presents a series of poems written when I was experiencing
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Into the darkness Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2023)
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At storm lake’s star-spangled spectacular Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Laura Sweeney
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2023)
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But I still have my fingerprints Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Stephen Rojcewicz
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2023)
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Satu Tungku Tiga Batu: one furnace three stones Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Abd. Rahman
ABSTRACT “One Furnace Three Stones” refers to religious tolerance practices among Indigenous Papuan tribes at FakFak, West Papua, Indonesia. The present poem has been inspired by my engagement with FakFak people during a community service program in 2013. During the program, I witnessed how the local people heedlessly practised religious tolerance long before the West introduced the concept of tolerance
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Reading the lockdown: responding to covid poetry Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Marcello Giovanelli
ABSTRACT During 2020, sales of books increased as readers found more time to engage with fiction and return to books that provided comfort and a sense of escapism. The Covid-19 pandemic also provided the space for a new genre, “covid fiction”, to emerge. This article examines the sub-genre of “covid poetry” by integrating text and reader response data analysis to examine the representation of the pandemic
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Poetry in a pandemic. Digital shared reading for wellbeing Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Judith Blundell, Simon Poole
ABSTRACT Unexpectedly taking place in the midst of a pandemic, this research examined historical and contemporary assumptions about the relationship between storytelling and wellbeing and asked how a shared reading group might be used to help repair individuals and communities as they emerge into the post-Covid world. It asked how storytelling can help us to come to terms with the collective trauma
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Poetic autoethnography: sonnets for both dads Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Karen V. Lee
ABSTRACT The author uses poetic-autoethnography to share the complexities of her personal emotional experience as a perpetual griever with on-going sorrow about the traumatic loss of both her fathers. She writes sonnets to memorialize the loss that triggers memories. Poetic-autoethnography becomes therapeutic as she shares how her life has been interrupted by the cultural and social phenomena of losing
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“Through my poems, I wanted a sense of recognition”: Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ experiences of poetic writing, migration, and resettlement Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Mostafa Hosseini, Elisabeth Punzi
ABSTRACT This paper concerns young adults who came to Sweden from Afghanistan as unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) and their engagement with poetry and other creative activities. The aim was to explore how UMs use poetic writing and other creative activities to handle resettlement challenges. Seven young men and six young women, aged 18–24, participated in semi-structured interviews. The material
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Using bibliotherapy to spark conversations about antiracism and advocacy with Black children Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Laura Bruneau, Jeff Tucker
ABSTRACT As stories shape how children make sense of their world, children must see themselves in the books they read. Children’s literature has the potential to spark conversations that enhance understanding of race, antiracism, and advocacy. Indeed, recently there has been a marked increase in the number of antiracist children’s books that address these issues directly. To that end, we offer book
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Supporting school counselor’s multicultural self-efficacy development through Hip Hop based coursework Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Ian P. Levy, Brian TaeHyuk Keum
ABSTRACT This mixed-methods single-subject design study explored the impact of Hip Hop based counselor education coursework on school counseling master’s student’s multicultural competence development. In this study, students were trained in using a Hip Hop mixtape-making model for group work, and then facilitated small-groups during their internships. Analysis of repeated survey measures and two focus
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It gives them a voice the way they want the voice: a qualitative exploration of clinicians’ use of Storiez with urban youth Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Meagan Corrado, Gillian Murray, Toorjo Ghose
ABSTRACT Urban youth are exposed to high levels of trauma. Trauma narratives are included in trauma treatment best practices, however, there are conflicting perspectives about the trauma narrative process. The Storiez intervention divides the trauma narrative process into nine steps that collectively focus on youth reflection, organization of memories, creative expression, and development of future
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“Something feels like it’s not coming back”: the climate crisis: poetic awakening to what is at stake Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Breda Kingston
ABSTRACT The gravity of the climate crisis, the damage attributable to the actions of humankind and the need for urgent action to avert catastrophe are all well established. Despite knowing these scientific facts, we continue to act as if we are not fully awake to the reality of the threat to all life on earth. In this piece of literary criticism, I will look at some of Jori Graham's poetry to explore
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The experience of international students in interactive bibliotherapy: functions of interactive bibliotherapy helping in environmental transitions Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Tomomi Yamashita
ABSTRACT The current research studied the possible functions of interactive bibliotherapy when implemented for international students. Four international students studying in a university in London participated in five interactive bibliotherapy sessions. Each participant underwent an interview after the sessions, and the contents were transcribed and analysed through a thematic analysis. A total of
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Using developmental bibliotherapy design to improve self-management skills of post-graduate students Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Daneshwar Sharma
ABSTRACT Students come to schools and college to not only learn academic subjects but also gain personal effectiveness skills for life. During the developmental and transition phase of growing up, young students can face a lot of issues and problems related to the self and their surroundings. The participants of this research were post-graduate management students who suffered from a lack of self-management
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Two Poems Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Mohammad Shafiqul Islam
Published in Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research and Education (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2023)