Implementing the training program of inter-professional poetry therapy groups in rural communities

ABSTRACT

The authors of this paper present the initial outcome of using a SPARC Grant to train inter-professionals to implement a curriculum used in the provision of a co-facilitative poetry therapy group. Drawing upon best practices of poetry therapy, this innovative approach involved a professional poet and a therapist and contributes to the field because it is transferable among a variety of client populations. The authors offer an overview of the training used for inter-professionals located in rural communities.

KEYWORDS:

• Poetry therapy
• co-facilitation
• inter-professional
• rural
• training

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The training program described in this paper was endorsed and funded through the International Association for Social Work with Groups SPARC Program.