{"title":"Mindful writing: pathways to wholeness","authors":"Marianela Medrano","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2297681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2297681","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139069828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whobodies and whobody places: milieus of mattering","authors":"Ted Bowman","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2287060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2287060","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Found poetry, found hope: a creative and powerful method for sharing health research","authors":"Rebecca Rich","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2285269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2285269","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storytelling and bibliotherapy: tools and techniques for children receiving therapeutic intervention","authors":"Susan Sunden","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2263653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2263653","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTStorytelling 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 challenges and coping strategies should also be considered as the therapist plans the intervention. Specific techniques in storytelling and engagement are reviewed. Heath and Heath (2008) offer the constructs of simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility and emotion as an overview for storytelling approaches. A brief review of the bibliotherapy process is provided. Successful practice examples based in art, creative writing, technology, active games, play and socialization are analyzed. Paired books and activities with goal, theme and age group descriptors are summarized for the practitioner.KEYWORDS: Storytellingbibliotherapytherapeutic activitieschildreninterventions Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"21 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134953756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic power analysis of Rumi poems for their use in bibliotherapy","authors":"Rakesh K. Maurya, Mehmet N. Akkurt","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2272836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2272836","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"30 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135217395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effectiveness of a manualized hip-hop and rap intervention on well-being among black emerging adult men: a multiple baseline design","authors":"Lanita Jefferson, Jonathan Ohrt","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2269316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2269316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136115059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Poetry and COVID-19: the benefit of poetry and the <i>poetryandcovidarchive.com</i> website to mental health and wellbeing","authors":"Anthony Caleshu, Rory Waterman, Sam Kemp","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2250921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2250921","url":null,"abstract":"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 pandemic. The site featured 1000+ poems by 600+ poets and received c. 100,000 views by people from 128 countries. The poetry, their author’s testimonials, as well as “comments” submitted to the organisers and public website, expressed how people felt during the pandemic. In the project’s final three months, the website hosted a survey adapted from the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), targeted at understanding the value of poetry, in general, and the website, in particular, to mental health and wellbeing. 400 people took part, 373 completed the WEMWBS, and over 250 participants provided “final comments”. The results show that the writing and reading of poetry – as well as the website itself – were of considerable benefit to mental health and wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135816871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The therapeutic and scientific benefits of psychological poetry: a two-step study","authors":"Eftichia Matalon","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2259617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2259617","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe 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 capacity of psychological poetry, an after-death letter regarding a rabbi is presented. In a second step, psychological poetry’s ability as a scientific tool is tested through a study of the relationship between religion and happiness. Here, religion is represented by some religious teachings of a luminary rabbi as they are understood by the author. Happiness is represented by research on Positive Psychology (PP). More specifically, the values of the religious teachings found in the poem are examined and compared to the scientifically established characteristics assigned to happiness. A new method of comparison is applied and allows us to identify and validate the presence of similarities between the two variables. The results obtained in both steps are positive.KEYWORDS: Clinical psychologycounsellingeducationmethodologypoetrypositive psychologyreligion Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136152621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"If My Hair Could Talk","authors":"Linda J. Holloway","doi":"10.1080/08893675.2023.2256478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2023.2256478","url":null,"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.","PeriodicalId":16967,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Poetry Therapy","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135740552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}