The National Association for Poetry Therapy Presents
REGIONAL REP ASK AND SHARE
Let’s Gather!
Date: Monday, July 27, 2026
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm (EDT)
Venue: Zoom
Host: Ashley Schaaf ashley@poetrytherapy.org
Registration: Members — free Non-Members — free
HOSTED BY NAPT PRESIDENT CYNTHIA HOLLOWAY KELVIN, PsyD, RDT/BCT, CPT
This NAPT Poetry Circle gathering is to support poetry therapy facilitators' practice of reading and writing poetry as a means of reflection and self-care.
Do you often find it challenging to find time to write or make it a priority when you have the time?
Part of being a poetry therapy facilitator includes giving yourself the opportunity to enjoy reading and writing poetry outside of your professional responsibilities.
Come join us for this dedicated hour, where we begin by sharing a poem and prompts, inviting you to reflect or spend the time on your own writing projects while working alongside those in our poetry therapy community. We will close our hour-long circle by offering opportunities to share parts of our writing or reflections on the writing experience.
Cynthia Holloway Kelvin, Psy.D., RDT, CPT, is a licensed clinical psychologist whose work centers on creativity, with specialized training in drama therapy and poetry therapy. Her background includes experience working in community mental health and substance rehabilitation, where she supported individuals across different phases of recovery. Cynthia now practices privately as a creative psychologist and facilitates workshops that integrate creative performance, community connection, and social change.
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Time: 7:00-8:00pm (EDT)
Host: Cynthia Holloway Kelvin cynthia@poetrytherapy.org
Registration:
Members — $0 Non-Members — $10
* Funds from our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund. Please consider making an additional donation if you are able!
Our Relationship: What Makes Us, Us - Discovery & Exploration Through Poetry Therapy with Ellyn Zografi
Workshop Description:
Facilitator Bio:
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:30pm (EDT)
Members — $10 Non-Members — $25
When Poems Come Alive
facilitated by Dr. Magdalene Jeyarathnam
About the Facilitator:
Dr. Magdalene Jeyarathnam is an expressive arts therapist, psychodramatist, trainer, supervisor, and group psychotherapist from India with over 32 years of clinical and experiential practice. She is recognised as India’s first trained psychodramatist, trainer, and supervisor, and has worked with more than 15,000 individuals through therapy groups, workshops, training programmes, and community interventions. She started the first psychodrama training institute in India.
Her work integrates psychodrama, poetry, storytelling, movement, art, and other expressive arts approaches, with a strong focus on healing, spontaneity, creativity, and human connection. Magdalene has worked extensively with marginalized and vulnerable communities, while also training therapists, educators, students, and mental health professionals internationally. She worked as a WHO consultant to the South east Asian region for 3 years. She has conducted psychodrama workshops in approximately 14 countries. She is also a TEDx speaker.
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm (EDT)
Host: Yun-Jen Lin yunjen@poetrytherapy.org
* Funds from our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund.
2026 International Research Symposium
An International Research Symposium for Biblio/Poetry Therapy will be held virtually on December 4th, 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT). This event will feature voices from across the world sharing their insights on Biblio/PoetryTherapy and its use in creating a global community. Together with representatives from European associations of poetry therapy, we'll be uniting with a shared purpose: the belief in the power of language, symbol, and story to heal and foster unity and community. FREE - We will be hosting this event free and live for all. Recordings will be available for a limited time following the event and a Certificate of Attendance may be purchased for a fee. All participants must register to receive the zoom link. PRESENTERS - WE ARE LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS. To be considered, submit resume/CV, abstract of four-five hundred words. Our theme is building a world community, and will focus on how bibliotherapy is used to bridge cultural gaps, highlight and affirm minority voices and cross cultures both locally and internationally to create healing. We ask that submissions stay closely tied to this theme. SUBMIT HERE: https://forms.gle/pngDh5pXXC9tRmPe6
An International Research Symposium for Biblio/Poetry Therapy will be held virtually on December 4th, 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT). This event will feature voices from across the world sharing their insights on Biblio/PoetryTherapy and its use in creating a global community. Together with representatives from European associations of poetry therapy, we'll be uniting with a shared purpose: the belief in the power of language, symbol, and story to heal and foster unity and community. FREE - We will be hosting this event free and live for all. Recordings will be available for a limited time following the event and a Certificate of Attendance may be purchased for a fee. All participants must register to receive the zoom link.
PRESENTERS - WE ARE LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS. To be considered, submit resume/CV, abstract of four-five hundred words. Our theme is building a world community, and will focus on how bibliotherapy is used to bridge cultural gaps, highlight and affirm minority voices and cross cultures both locally and internationally to create healing. We ask that submissions stay closely tied to this theme. SUBMIT HERE: https://forms.gle/pngDh5pXXC9tRmPe6
Date: Friday, December 4, 2026
Time: 8:00am - 12:00am (EST)
Host: Tim Kelly tim@poetrytherapy.org
Members — free Non-Members — free
* Any donations from our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund.
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