Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing
eBook - ePub

Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing

About this book

Poetry can prove a great way into difficult conversations in therapeutic, classroom or family settings. This book is a clear and practical guide to the use of poetry as a therapeutic tool to help explore issues surrounding mental health and emotional wellbeing.

The first part of the book provides guidance on different methods of using poetry to open up discussion. The second part consists of a collection of over 100 poems written by the author, on topics such as bullying, anxiety, bereavement, depression and eating disorders, with a range of therapeutic activities that can be used alongside each poem. The third part focuses on ways to support and encourage clients to write their own poetry and includes 50 poem writing prompts and examples.

A complete resource for anyone considering using poetry to explore difficult issues, and a creative way of exploring important mental health issues in PSHE lessons, this book will be of interest to youth, school and adult counsellors, therapists, psychologists, pastoral care teams, PSHE co-ordinators and life coaches, as well as parents.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Of Related Interest
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Catherine Roche and Dr Fiona Pienaar
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Part One Using poetry as a way in: Ideas, strategies and techniques
  9. Part Two An anthology of poems for discussion
  10. Part Three Encouraging and enabling therapeutic poetry writing
  11. Poetry prompts
  12. Final thoughts from Pooky
  13. Index of poems
  14. Index of poetry prompts