Poetry Therapy

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Pub. Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher(s): CRC Pr I Llc
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Summary

Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Text focusing on the current state of the field, theoretically and clinically, on the use of Poetry Therapy in various contexts, and on the implications for research and professional development. For clinicians and researchers.

Table of Contents

Part one. Introduction 3(14)
1 The place of poetry therapy in psychology: historical and theoretical foundations
3(14)
Historical foundations
5(3)
Ancient roots
5(1)
Recent history
5(1)
Contemporary developments
6(2)
Bibliotherapy
8(1)
Theoretical
8(4)
Writing and therapy
12(5)
Part two. Model and modalities 17(44)
2 Poetry therapy practice model and individual treatment
17(16)
Receptive/prescriptive: preexisting poems
18(2)
Expressive/creative
20(1)
Creative writing
20(1)
Journal writing
20(1)
Letter writing
20(1)
Symbolic/ceremonial
21(1)
Metaphors
21(1)
Rituals
22(1)
Storytelling
22(1)
Brief case illustrations
22(1)
Poetry therapy and brief treatment
23(4)
Technical characteristics
24(1)
Time
24(1)
Prompt intervention
25(1)
Limited goals
26(1)
Maintenance of focus
26(1)
High therapist activity
27(1)
Comment
27(1)
Poetics in the stages of brief therapy
27(6)
Supportive phase (sessions 1 and 2)
28(1)
Apperceptive phase (sessions 3 and 4)
29(1)
Action phase (sessions 5 and 6)
29(1)
Integrative phase (sessions 7 and 8)
30(1)
Comment
31(2)
3 Poetry therapy and family psychology
33(14)
Receptive/prescriptive
34(1)
Traditional bibliotherapy
34(1)
Introducing literature (particularly poetry) and song lyrics
34(1)
Expressive/creative
34(6)
Family collaborative poem
34(2)
Family poems: borrowed, brief, rational, and extended
36(1)
Borrowed family poems
36(1)
Brief family poems
36(1)
Rational family poems
37(1)
Extended family poems
37(1)
Dyadic poem
37(1)
Sentence stems/completion
37(1)
Family time
38(1)
Sensory poem
38(1)
Letter writing
39(1)
Programmed writing
39(1)
Symbolic/ceremonial
40(1)
Rituals
40(1)
Storytelling
40(1)
Metaphors
40(1)
Brief illustrations
41(1)
Couples group
42(2)
First session
42(1)
Third session
43(1)
Fourth session
44(1)
Sixth (final) session
44(1)
Comment
44(3)
4 Group therapy: advancing process and outcome through poetic methods
47(14)
Application
48(7)
Model and techniques
48(1)
First session
49(1)
Second session
50(1)
Third session
51(1)
Fourth session
51(1)
Fifth session
52(1)
Sixth session
53(1)
Final session
54(1)
Comment
55(6)
Part three. Special topics 61(44)
5 Working with children
61(14)
Prevention: career fantasy
63(4)
Overview of literature
64(1)
Children's literature
65(1)
Techniques
65(2)
Treatment: child abuse
67(5)
Clinical considerations
68(1)
Preexisting poems
69(1)
Poetry writing (including oral creations)
69(1)
Case example
70(1)
Group
70(1)
The secret club
71(1)
Comment
72(3)
6 Poetry therapy and adolescent suicide
75(10)
Use of preexisting poems and song lyrics
76(1)
Isoprinciple without positive message
76(1)
Isoprinciple with positive message
77(1)
Creative writing
78(2)
Applying reading and writing of poetry to therapy
80(1)
Case vignettes
81(1)
Comment
82(3)
7 Poetry therapy and battered women
85(8)
Preexisting poems
87(1)
Creative writing
88(1)
Metaphors, imagery, and language
89(1)
Clinical issues
89(3)
Manipulation
90(1)
Expression of anger
90(1)
Dissociation or splitting
91(1)
Denial or minimization
91(1)
Compliance and willingness to please
92(1)
Comment
92(1)
8 Poetry therapy and the elderly
93(12)
Poetic perspectives
94(2)
Loss
94(1)
Transition
94(1)
The couple/marital relationship
95(1)
Voices of the aged
96(2)
Application
98(3)
Comment
101(4)
Part four. Research and professional development 105(24)
9 Advancing the research base for poetry therapy: an agenda for the millennium
105(14)
Receptive/prescriptive
108(3)
Preexisting poems
108(3)
Expressive/creative
111(2)
Creative writing
112(1)
Dyadic poems
112(1)
Collaborative poems
113(1)
Journal writing
113(1)
Symbolic/ceremonial: metaphors and imagery
113(1)
Poetry therapy and group work
114(1)
Evaluation of practice
115(1)
Research agenda
115(4)
10 Toward a field of poetry therapy
119(10)
Personal example
123(2)
Resource development
125(1)
A vision
126(3)
References 129(20)
Appendices 149(46)
Appendix A. Poetry therapy training exercise for practitioners 149(2)
Appendix B. Sample poems for use in poetry therapy 151(14)
Appendix C. Poetic stems 165(2)
Appendix D. Poetry therapy narrative report for group work: guidelines 167(2)
Appendix E. Poetry therapy narrative report for group work: observer form 169(2)
Appendix F. Poetry therapy narrative report for group work: leader form 171(2)
Appendix G. Writing exercise 173(2)
Appendix H. The AIDS poetry project workbook 175(12)
Appendix I. Resources 187(2)
Appendix J. NAPT Code of Ethics 189(6)
Index 195

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