| September 28, 2008 | * OPEN HOUSE * Special Guest: Barbara Bethea,The Afrikana Madonna. Meet old friends and new. Doorprizes! Optional: Bring a poem to read. |
| October 26, 2008 | Poetry Therapy for Coping With Depression |
| November 23, 2008 | Poetry Therapy for Anxiety: The Worry Door |
| December 21, 2008 | Coping With Anger-The Crescent Moon Bear |
| January 11, 2009 | Re-Story-ing Our Lives |
| February 15, 2009 | Joys of Journaling |
| March 22, 2009 | Stories of Mythology; Guidance for Living. Special Guest: Marianela Medrano-Marra, Ph.D., CPT "Writing From the Roots"; A Look at Taino Mythology. |
| April 19, 2009 | The Hero's and Heroine's Journey |
| May 17, 2009 | The Golden Image: Creative Visualization. Special Guests: Maryellen Bova and Sandra Lucas |
| June 7, 2009 | Spirit Quest |
Sherry Reiter, PhD, PTR/MS
presents
Meeting September–June
| WHERE: | The Institutes of the Arts in Psychotherapy in New York 526 West 26th Street, Suite 309 |
| COST: | $240.00 for Fall Semester $300.00 for Spring Semester |
| WHEN: | Sundays 12:30-4:30pm on the following dates: |
You are invited to partake in the experiential, interactive process of poetry therapy. Experience will be gained in choosing and using poetry and story gems with different populations. You will also have the opportunity to facilitate a group and receive feedback. An hour of supervision will be devoted to brainstorming creative alternatives for challenges in the field. Writers, teachers, creative arts therapists, librarians, therapists, pastors and professional helpers are welcome. Each session equals 2 peer group hours, 1 didactic hour and 1 hour of supervision.
New People are Welcome!
Questions? Please Call (718) 998-4572
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Sherry Reiter, Ph.D., the Director of The Creative “Righting” Center, is a clinical social worker who is a Registered Poetry Therapist and Mentor/Supervisor, as well as a Registered Drama Therapist and Board Certified Trainer. Past President of the National Association for Poetry Therapy, she has also served as the Certification Chair for NAPT. She has been teaching poetry therapy for over thirty years, first at The New School for Social Research and currently at Hofstra University. Over the past twenty years, she has received the following awards from NAPT: The Outstanding Achievement Award (1984), The Distinguished Service Award (2002), and The Art Lerner Pioneer Award (2004). Most recently, in 2007, she was the recipient of the Morris Morrison Education Award for excellence in teaching and bringing poetry to marginalized populations.