Poetry Therapy

WORKS CITED Clausen, Christopher. The Moral Imagination: Essays on Literature and Ethics. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. Jung, Carl. The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature. Vol. 15 of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966. Leedy, Jack J., ed. Poetry as Healer: Mending the Troubled Mind. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1985. Lerner, Arthur. ed. Poetry in the Therapeutic Experience. New York: Pergamon Press, 1978. The National Association of Poetry Therapy. Home …

…born; when we hear the rhythmic sounds of the beating heart. This harmony is burned into our subconscious and carried with us where ever we go right from the beginning of life (NCCATA). We are only depriving ourselves if we don’t take advantage of what poetry has to offer us. How lucky we are to have to have these angels among us – these poetry therapists -- that have dedicated their lives towards helping mankind.