Poetry therapy: Toward a research agenda for the 1990s. Special Issue: Research in the creative arts therapies

Journal/Book: Arts in Psychotherapy. 1993; 20: 51-59.

Abstract: Attempts to contribute to the development of a poetry therapy (PT) research model by examining research paradigms, specificity and replication, poetry selection, studies in practice research, professional issues, and directions for future research. The following PT techniques are delineated: preexisting poems, collaborative poems, dyadic poems, creative writing, and metaphors and imagery. Selecting the appropriate type of poetic literature for a particular patient is concluded to be one of the most difficult issues confronting PT practitioners. Research investigating PT with individuals and families has been primarily in the form of case studies rather than empirical. Without a substantial research base it is imperative that potential legal and ethical problems be considered before PT advances. A research agenda is proposed.

Note: perspectives on poetry therapy theory & practice

Keyword(s): Poetry ; theories ; art therapy; experimentation

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