Please mark your calendars and plan to be with the National Association for Poetry Therapy at its 29th Annual Conference, "Embracing Poetic Expression: Creative Pathways for Self, Community, and the World".

The conference is slated for April 15-19, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza National Airport Hotel in Arlington, VA. More information on the conference will be available shortly - please check the NAPT Conference Page often. Currently, NAPT is extending an invitation to submit original workshop proposals. Please see our Call for Proposals for complete information.

For the past 27 years, NAPT members have forged a community of healers and lovers of words and language. We are psychotherapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. We are poets, journal keepers, storytellers, and songwriters. We are teachers, librarians, adult educators, and university professors. We are doctors, nurses, occupational/ recreational therapists; ministers, pastoral counselors, and spiritual directors. We are artists, dancers, dramatists, musicians, and writers.

We work in many settings where people deal with personal and communal pain and the search for growth. As poetry therapists, we use all forms of literature and the language arts, and we are united by our love of words, and our passion for enhancing the lives of others and ourselves.

We are very glad to know of your interest. Please browse and come back often to see what's new. And be sure to bookmark this site for your convenience in visiting again!

Click here to read a welcome from NAPT's President, Diane Allerdyce.

The Museletter Online

The latest edition of The Museletter, the thrice-yearly official newsletter of the National Association for Poetry Therapy, is online. Read it now >>