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Poetry for the SOUL
As I shared in an earlier Blog, I like reading poems to clients as it allows them to explore intimate feelings that are buried in their subconscious and helps them identify how these feelings relate to their current life circumstances. … Continue reading
Posted in Counselling & Stress Management
Tagged counselling, John Fox, mindfulness, poetry, poetry therapy, Psychotherapy
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The therapeutic capacity of POETRY
I sometimes read poems to my clients as it’s a great way to circumvent defenses and tap into the unconscious. Often non-metaphorical literal language is not enough to capture the complexity of the emotional conflict a client is struggling with, … Continue reading
Posted in Counselling & Stress Management
Tagged bibliotherapy, David Whyte, emotion, feelings, Franz Kafka, Frost, John O’Donohue, Leonard Cohen, poems, poetry, poetry therapy, Psychotherapy, Soranus
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