The National Association for Poetry Therapy Presents
NAPT In Conversation with Margaret Bryden: A Bad Poet’s Guide to Mental Health & Resilience
Workshop Description:
NAPT’s In Conversation series presents dynamic dialogues with a wide variety of individuals who have been touched, in one way or another, by poetry, storytelling, journaling, literature, and other expressive language arts practices. This series seeks not only to share the wisdom of poetry therapy masters but to also create space for diverse folks to share about how poetry has functioned in their lives. We will explore first-person accounts of what poetry does. The interviews in this series will take place live on Zoom with time set aside for audience Q&A. They will also be recorded and made available online.
Facilitator Bio:
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00 pm (ET)
Venue: Zoom
Host: Ashley Schaaf ashley@poetrytherapy.org
Registration:
Members — free Non-Members — $10
* Funds from our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund. Please consider adding a donation if you are able.
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
Members — $10 Non-Members — $25
* Funds from our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR POETRY THERAPY PRESENTS
VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT
"The Diction of Divorce & Discovery"
With Featured Poet:
Zahra M. Amber Davis-Diallo
Zahra M. Amber Davis-Diallo, is a quirky, queer, Black, mother, poet, artist, activist, feminist, womanist, evolving, growing, reclaiming, Goddess.
All participants are invited to bring one poem to share!
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm (EST)
Host: Jenna Robinson jenna@poetrytherapy.org
Registration: https://poetrytherapy.org/event-6421363
Members — $0 Non-Members — $10
* Funds from all our virtual events support our conference scholarship fund. Please consider an additional donation to support NAPT scholarship fund:
https://poetrytherapy.org/GIVE
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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