Pooky Knightsmith

Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing

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Produktbeschreibung

Poetry can be a great way to get people talking about difficult issues around mental health. This book is a complete guide to using poetry for this purpose. It includes a collection of over 100 poems written by the author with accompanying activities, as well as a 50 prompts to encourage clients to write their own poems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 168mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781785920530
• ISBN-10: 1785920537
• Artikelnr.: 44546213

Autorenporträt

Pooky Knightsmith, Foreword by Catherine Roche and Dr Fiona Pienaar

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Part 1. Using poetry as a way in: Ideas, strategies and
techniques. I. Using poetry as a therapeutic tool. II. Poetry as a vehicle
to discuss our feelings less directly. III. Poetry as a means for
reflection. IV. Poetry as a means of exploring what we could do next. V.
Poetry as a way to show someone how we're feeling. VI. Poetry as a
reassurance that we are not alone in how we feel. VII. Writing poetry as
part of recovery. Part 2. An anthology of discussion starting poems. I.
Abuse and Bullying. Same Lyrics, Different Song. Cyberbullied. Iron Gaze.
The End, Maybe. Abused. Frozen Out. Walking Away. Betrayed. II. Anxiety and
Panic. Anxiety. Feelings of Anxiety. Panic Rising. Stage Fright. Panic
Attack. Scared. Sleepless Nights. Ruled by Anxiety. III. Loss and
Bereavemment. A New Hand to Hold. Before and After. Healing Hand. Leftover
Love. Life Unbidden. But You Died. Nana's Wishes. Last Week's Flowers. Is
It Better to have Loved and Lost. Scars. IV. Depression. the Tree Who
Couldn't. The Shadow. Dark. Head Fight. Numb. Creeping Ivy. Rose Tinted.
Matter over Mind. And So She Drank. Highs and Lows. Peaks and Ditches. Good
Days, Bad Days. Don't Step into the Darkness. Outwardly Smiling. Other
Worlds. The Same but Different. Always Falling. V. Eating Disorders and
Body Image. Please Eat. A Father's View. Conversation with an Anorexic. Boy
Anorexic. Recovery. FAT. Anorexia. Grandmaster or Life?. Hollows. The Girl
and the Mirror. Scales. If You Could See What I See. Shopping for Magic.
VI. Obsessions, Compulsions and Intrusive Thoughts. Intrusive Thoughts. The
Voice of Hate. Recoevring Fate. Imaginary Friends. Invasive Thoughts. VII.
Self-Harm. Fading Scars. Again. Conversation with a Self-Harmer. Finding
Ways to Belong. Fresh Blood. VIII. Suicide. By His Own Hand. That Day.
Beautiful Nature. Late. Do Not Fall. IX. Recovery. The Crest of a Wave.
Kintsugi (Beauty in Broken). Marble in Jar. Thinking Forwards. X.
Supporting and Listening. Helping Hand. Calmer Waters. A Disappointing
Visit. Self-Esteem. Listening Ear. You Didn't Ask. How Are You?. Cuddles:
The Best Medicine. It's Not Easy Being Friends Sometimes. Depression. Help
Me to be a Better Friend. Trying to Help. Kind Words are Not Always Heard.
Hidden Scars. Healing Hold. Part 3. Encouraging and Enablling Therapeutic
Poetry Writing. I've never written a poem before. I'd rather write prose. I
don't know anything about poetry.What I write will be rubbish. I don't know
what to write. I don't have time. I'm too embarrassed to show anyone. Enjoy
the process!. I. Poetic Forms. Form 1: Haiku. Form 2: Sonnet. Form 3:
Acrostic. Form 4: Golden Shovel. Form 5: Terza Rima. Form 6: Rubáiyát. Form
7: Anaphora. Form 8: Pyramid. II. Poetry Prompts. Prompt 1: Dear
me...Prompt 2: Something that scares you. Prompt 3: Confusing figure of
speech. Prompt 4: A Haiku from your window. Prompt 5 - The last line
changes everything. Prompt 6 - An unlikely thank you. Prompt 7 - An
antidote to nightmares. Prompt 8 - First phrase, last phrase. Prompt 9 -
Open with a question. Prompt 10 - The street where you grew up. Prompt 11 -
Light and dark. Prompt 12 - No punctuation. Prompt 13 - Describe a smell.
Prompt 14 - The meaning of life. Prompt 15 - School days. Prompt 16 - A set
of instructions. Prompt 17 - Admiration acrostic. Prompt 18 - Rhyme and
reason. Prompt 19 - How we met. Prompt 20 - Strip tease. Prompt 21 - Love
is...Prompt - 22 - One word title. Prompt 23 - Fragile friendships. Prompt
24 - Extended metaphor. Prompt 25 - Your 100th birthday. Prompt 26 - Time
difference. Prompt 27 - Screensaver. Prompt 28 - Apology. Prompt 29 -
Simple pleasures. Prompt 30 - Twelve lines long. Prompt 31 - Doors. Prompt
32 - Favorite color. Prompt 33 - Good news. Prompt 34 - Life lesson. Prompt
35 - New beginning. Prompt 36 - Reprimand. Prompt 37 - Pyramid. Prompt 38 -
Forwards backwards. Prompt 39 - Climbing. Prompt 40 - Heirloom. Prompt 41 -
The wrong response. Prompt 42 - Loss of sense. Prompt 43 - Stigma. Prompt
44 - Harm and Hope. Prompt 45 - Controversial. Prompt 46 - Happy sad.
Prompt 47 - Unlikely Haiku. Prompt 48 - Twenty nine. Prompt 49 - Holding
hands. Prompt 50 - Random word.Final Thoughts from Pooky.