| What is Poetry TherapyPoetry therapy is the use of language, symbol, and story in therapeutic, educational, growth, and community-building capacities. It relies upon the use of poems, stories, song lyrics, imagery, and metaphor to facilitate personal growth, healing, and greater self-awareness. Bibliotherapy, narrative, journal writing, metaphor, storytelling, and ritual are all within the realm of poetry therapy. |
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The National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT)The National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary membership organization that supports and enhances the profession of poetry therapy. Its mission is to promote growth and healing through written and spoken language, symbolic expression, and story. Our national and international members come from a wide variety of disciplines. They include but are not limited to social workers, psychologists, educators, counselors, physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, librarians, chaplains, holistic healers, coaches, creative writing specialists, and performance poets. | HAPPENING NOW _____ Our 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Our 2026 Annual Conference "Poetry as a Pathway to Peace" will be held this year on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - Sunday, April 19, 2026 at the Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. Our Call for Proposals will open in August. Please subscribe to our community email list below for conference updates. More information on our 2026 conference can be found here. |
"There is a place where you will find that you are not alone, that your story is not the only story. That we are all part of the same verse, the universe of words. That poetry heals and makes us whole. Come, we’ve been waiting for you."
- Richard Brown
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Membership in the National Association for Poetry Therapy is open
to anyone who shares our mission: Promoting growth and healing
through language, symbol, and story. Become a member.
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