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Experience Poetry Therapy with Victoria Field
Sat 24 Jan 2015 to Sun 8 Mar 2015
Poetry Therapy is the intentional use of poetry and other forms of literature for healing and personal growth

Space permitting, it may be possible to do one or two of the three days – please contact the University.

Poetry Therapy is the intentional use of poetry and other forms of literature for healing and personal growth. There’s a growing interest in the ways in which reading and expressive writing can help us to find meaning in life and especially its challenges. These three days will offer a chance to experience this work as a participant, and will be relevant to both professionals who might wish to use the techniques with patients and clients, and to those who have a personal interest. No formal experience of creative writing is required. Bring a notebook and something to write with.

Victoria Field works as a writer and poetry therapist. She has had poetry and short fiction commissioned for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has published three full collections, including the award-winning 
The Lost Boys (Waterloo Press, 2013). She qualified as a Certified Poetry Therapist with the International Federation for Biblio-Poetry Therapy and was identified in a recent Poetry Review as a pioneer in the use of therapeutic writing. She has co-edited three books on the subject, most recently Writing Routes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers). She was a former writer-in-residence at Truro Cathedral and her play Bensonwas presented by the Marlowe Studio as a work-in-progress in 2014.

For more information and to book your place



Additional Information:
Location:
Canterbury Christ Church University – Community Arts and Education
Region(s):
South East England
Price:
£88.50

Contact Information:
Organisation:
Canterbury Christ Church University
Contact Name:
Victoria Field
Contact Email:
victoriajfield@btconnect.com
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