Expressive Therapies

As I learn more and more about art therapy I find myself wondering about other methods of expressive therapy. Recently, Art and Soul has introduced a poet to the group who will be coming in once a month to do poetry workshops with the clients. 

Honestly.....I was not necessarily interested in participating because I am just not a fan of poetry. Something about it feels juvenile to me. I assume that this is because when I was in middle school it was cool to write poetry and that just removed the validity of poetry writing for me!

Anyways, I was amazed at how engaged the clients became during the poetry sessions. From down the hall you could hear the open expression of emotion without even needing to hear the exact wording. You could even feel the intensity and emotion change as the amateur poets took turns reading their work.

So.....I guess I will work on removing the negative stigma I have placed on poetry! But most importantly, I think I would like to learn about a variety of expressive therapy techniques!