When I dream of Paris: How sociocultural poetry can assist psychotherapy practitioners to understand and affirm the lived experiences of members of oppressed groups

Abstract

Sociocultural poetry can be used in conjunction with a counselor empathy model to assist psychotherapy practitioners to understand and affirm the lived experiences of members of oppressed groups. The model can also be utilized to assist in the development of basic empathy skills.

Keywords:

• Empathy
• lived experiences
• poetry
• psychotherapy
• sociocultural