Training: Poetry as a Tool for Wellness
Facilitator Training Spring 2025 Saturdays, 9am - 11am Pacific Time March 8, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 12, 26 & May 3 (No meeting April 19th)
When & Where
Mar 08, 2025, 9:00 AM PST
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About the event
Register for this series here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/institute-for-poetic-medicine/poetry-as-a-tool-for-wellness/poetry-as-a-tool-for-wellness-facilitator-training-spring-2025
Facilitated by Kristin Thompson
Poetry as a Tool for Wellness (PTW) is a culmination of over 20 years of ground-breaking practice utilizing poetry as a catalyst to enhance skills, affirm strengths, and nurture creativity in order to promote overall wellbeing. Piloted in settings focused on mental health, it has been found equally transformative and roundly received in a much broader context.
PTW is an ideal program for counselors, peer specialists, teachers, chaplains, healthcare/wellness coaches, community activists, support group facilitators, and anyone else interested in fostering a creative and therapeutic approach to wellness through the integration of Poetic Medicine into mental health and wellness programs.
This peer-facilitator training program has participants across the globe including people in Australia, Egypt, England, Hong Kong & Singapore.
The program is structured as eight themed, skills-based sessions outlined in a comprehensive manual. Emphasis is placed throughout on the interactive…