Welcome to the Creative Righting Center
A Poetry Therapy Community
A Poetry Therapy Community
For Persons Who Love Words and People
The Enchantment of Trees: Open House
December 2, 2018
The Creative Righting Center
526 West 26th Street, New York City
TREAT ANXIETY, TRAUMA, ADDICTION & DEPRESSION
THROUGH THE WISDOM & CREATIVITY OF STORY & SYMBOL
6 Continuing Education Credits for Helping Professionals
APRIL 1, 2019 OAKLAWN, ILLINOIS
APRIL 2, 2019 NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS
APRIL 3, 2019 SCHAUMBERG, ILLINOIS
MAY 21, 2019 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
MAY 22, 2019 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
MAY 23, 2019 PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
Register through Pesi https://www.pesi.com
JUNE 2: MARATHON SUNDAY
BIBLIOTHERAPY TRAINING:
3X3X3: 3 STORIES, 3 POEMS, AND 3 CASE PRESENTATIONS
THE CREATIVE RIGHTING CENTER, NEW YORK CITY
In a 7-hour marathon training with Sherry Reiter, poetry therapy trainees and
interested students of the written and spoken word will dive deeply into stories, poems,
and poetry therapy supervision. If interested write Sherry at sherryreiter@yahoo.com
Each four-hour session consists of:
The Creative "Righting" Center offers three options for persons interested in poetry therapy training as designated by the International Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy (ifbpt.com):
The Enchantment of Trees: Open House
December 2, 2018
The Creative Righting Center
526 West 26th Street, New York City
TREAT ANXIETY, TRAUMA, ADDICTION & DEPRESSION
THROUGH THE WISDOM & CREATIVITY OF STORY & SYMBOL
6 Continuing Education Credits for Helping Professionals
Feeling depressed and abandoned by her husband and children, a broken client walks into your office, the victim in her own story. You try traditional therapeutic techniques to no avail. Your client is stuck, failing to make progress, and starting to doubt that an end to the suffering is impossible. You struggle to move her forward, but feel helpless and unable to breathe new life into the clinical approaches that normally serve you so well.
Now imagine having the power to create a new story with your client, one in which she becomes the heroine in her life’s journey.
The story is the way the mind naturally works, how it integrates thoughts and emotions, making stories one of our most powerful tools to transform and heal.
Attend this workshop and learn how to bypass natural resistance to therapy, move stuck clients forward, and help them build new and beneficial neural pathways through groundbreaking interventions built around poems, stories, and journaling.
Evidence-based techniques will empower you to creatively and effectively treat your clients facing anxiety, trauma, addiction and depression. Interventions that you will receive, include:
Now imagine having the power to create a new story with your client, one in which she becomes the heroine in her life’s journey.
The story is the way the mind naturally works, how it integrates thoughts and emotions, making stories one of our most powerful tools to transform and heal.
Attend this workshop and learn how to bypass natural resistance to therapy, move stuck clients forward, and help them build new and beneficial neural pathways through groundbreaking interventions built around poems, stories, and journaling.
Evidence-based techniques will empower you to creatively and effectively treat your clients facing anxiety, trauma, addiction and depression. Interventions that you will receive, include:
- Detailed instruction on the strategic application of Bibliotherapy to transform the difficult client into someone with whom you can make great therapeutic strides.
- Key components of storytelling and guidance through the application of simple writing exercises your clients can easily and naturally use.
- Published writings and detailed handouts and instruction on applying these stories to treatment with anxious, traumatized, addicted and depressed clients.
- Skill building activities and interactive exercises that will reinforce the concepts taught, the ability to practice what you’ve learned, and allow its immediate incorporation into your clinical work.
Leave the day feeling confident and capable to integrate the power of Bibliotherapy into your treatment and provide a safe place to hold your client’s sadness, fear and anger. No previous knowledge or background in writing is required to take full advantage of this seminar.
APRIL 1, 2019 OAKLAWN, ILLINOIS
APRIL 2, 2019 NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS
APRIL 3, 2019 SCHAUMBERG, ILLINOIS
MAY 21, 2019 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
MAY 22, 2019 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
MAY 23, 2019 PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
Register through Pesi https://www.pesi.com
JUNE 2: MARATHON SUNDAY
BIBLIOTHERAPY TRAINING:
3X3X3: 3 STORIES, 3 POEMS, AND 3 CASE PRESENTATIONS
THE CREATIVE RIGHTING CENTER, NEW YORK CITY
In a 7-hour marathon training with Sherry Reiter, poetry therapy trainees and
interested students of the written and spoken word will dive deeply into stories, poems,
and poetry therapy supervision. If interested write Sherry at sherryreiter@yahoo.com
A Marvelous Year of Mindfulness & Passion
in Poetry & Story
October 1, 2017 COME TASTE THIS POEM
November 5, 2017 POETRY OF PRESENCE
December 3, 2017 PALM-OF-THE-HAND POEMS AND STORIES
January 7, 2018 GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART I
February 4, 2018 GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART II
March 4, 2018 ANIMAL ME
April 8, 2018 HERO
May 6, 2018 DEFINING MOMENTS
June 3, 2018 THE BUD OF ALL BEING
WHERE:
The OFF-CENTER
New York City
526 West 26th Street, Suite 309
New York City
526 West 26th Street, Suite 309
COST:
$240.00 for Fall Semester
$300.00 for Spring Semester
$300.00 for Spring Semester
WHEN:
One Sunday a month 1:00-5:00 pm.
This program is for persons who can attend the meetings held one Sunday a month at The Creative “Righting” Center in New York City
Each four-hour session consists of:
1. Facilitation of peer group led by the mentor/supervisor
2. Voluntary optional facilitation of peer group by trainees in rotation
3. Review of therapeutic material and techniques
4. Group Supervision
The Creative "Righting" Center offers three options for persons interested in poetry therapy training as designated by the International Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy (ifbpt.com):
1) The Residential Program for persons who can attend monthly peer groups in New York leading to certification and registration
2) The Program for Distant Learners leading to certification and registration
3) The Consultation Corner for persons who would like to attend peer groups and seminars or have one-to-one consultations, but are not working towards certification or registration
Persons interested in certification will need to complete 440 hours of work with developmental populations for the CAPF (Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator) designation. Persons who are licensed mental health professionals will require 970 hours of study to work with clinical populations. Eighteen hours of group supervision are built into this program over a two-year period. The trainee must complete the required number of additional hours of supervision in accordance with the guidelines. One-to-one supervision is conducted in person or by phone, mail and e-mail.
Persons interested in certification will need to complete 440 hours of work with developmental populations for the CAPF (Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator) designation. Persons who are licensed mental health professionals will require 970 hours of study to work with clinical populations. Eighteen hours of group supervision are built into this program over a two-year period. The trainee must complete the required number of additional hours of supervision in accordance with the guidelines. One-to-one supervision is conducted in person or by phone, mail and e-mail.
Preparation is divided into four work tasks for all trainees:
1. Didactic Study: Trainees do extensive reading in poetry therapy, literature, and counseling, keeping an annotated bibliography as documentation.
1. Didactic Study: Trainees do extensive reading in poetry therapy, literature, and counseling, keeping an annotated bibliography as documentation.
2. Peer Groups: Trainees need to experience poetry therapy with a trained facilitator before working in the field. Each trainee will also have the opportunity to experience being a facilitator for the peer group.
3. Facilitating Groups: Trainees are required to facilitate poetry therapy groups in different facilities of their choice (schools, hospitals, prisons, nursing homes, etc.)
4. Supervision- The planning and review of your facilitating groups in the field as well as review of reading assignments is done in-person, or by phone, mail, or e-mail.
Whether you choose a residential program or the long distance one, all programs are created to meet national guidelines; at the same time, the program that you and Dr. Reiter create will be individualized to meet your professional needs and preferences.If you are seriously contemplating poetry therapy training, you will want to study The Guide To Training Requirements for Certification and Registration, available for purchase at the website of the standard setting body, the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy ifbpt.com
Questions?
Please call 718-998-4572, or e-mail me at sherryreiter@yahoo.com
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Please call 718-998-4572, or e-mail me at sherryreiter@yahoo.com
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Sherry Reiter, Ph.D., the Director
of The Creative "Righting" Center, is a clinical social worker who is
a Registered Poetry Therapist and Mentor/Supervisor, as well as a Registered
Drama Therapist and Board Certified Trainer. Past President of the National Association for
Poetry Therapy, she has also served as the Certification Chair for NAPT.
She has been teaching poetry therapy for over thirty years, first at The New School
for Social Research and currently at Hofstra
University
In 2009, Dr. Reiter was designated as Teacher of the Year for Touro College.
In 2009, Dr. Reiter was designated as Teacher of the Year for Touro College.
Past Workshops: A Look Back
PEER GROUP 2016-2017
October 9, 2016 NAMING: A BOY CALLED SLOW
November 6, 2016 NAMING: TO NAME IT IS TO OWN IT
December 4, 2016 MID-LIFE I: A TURN IN THE ROAD
January 8, 2017 MID-LIFE II: MOVING FORWARD
February 5, 2017 DREAMWORK
March 5, 2017 GUEST FACILITATION
April 9, 2017 RE-CLAIMING SOUL IN TRAUMA & RECOVERY
May 7, 2017 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & HEALING THROUGH WORDS
June 4, 2017 POETRY PRESCRIPTIONS FOR AGING
PEER GROUP SCHEDULE 2015-2016:
Fall Semester: October 11, November 1, December 6, January 3
Spring Semester: February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5
PEER GROUP 2014-2015:
October 5, 2014
BARBARA BETHEA, LCAT: EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
November 2, 2014
THE JOY OF JOURNALING (Marianela was postponed 'til April)
December 7, 2014
JULIET BRUCE, PHD, MASTER STORYTELLER: HOW TO REINFORCE YOUR STUDENTS' INNER STRENGTH IN A VIOLENT WORLD
January 4, 2015
PALM OF THE HAND STORIES
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
TEN POETIC PRESCRIPTIONS THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE
MARCH 1, 2015
NARRATIVE: RE-STORING AND RESTORYING OUR LIVES
APRIL 12, 2015
MARIANELA MEDRANO, PHD: POEMS IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
MAY 3, 2015
POETIC DEVICE & THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFORMATIVE WRITING IN WRITING AWAY THE DEMONS: STORIES OF CREATIVE COPING BY SHERRY REITER & CONTRIBUTORS
JUNE 7, 2015
THE TURTLE TATTOO: BUILDING CHARACTER AND RESILIENCE THROUGH TEACHING TALES
PEER GROUP 2013-2014:
September 15, 2013
FREE OPEN HOUSE SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
LISTENING TO THE MUSE
Join us at 1 p.m. for meet , greet and discussion followed by writes of passage and calling on the muse till 4 p.m.
WRITING, SHARING, MUSING & A-MUSING
WELCOME TO NEW AND OLD FRIENDS EXPLORING POETRY THERAPY
IF THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, REGISTER NOW:
Join us at 1 p.m. for meet , greet and discussion followed by writes of passage and calling on the muse till 4 p.m.
WRITING, SHARING, MUSING & A-MUSING
WELCOME TO NEW AND OLD FRIENDS EXPLORING POETRY THERAPY
IF THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, REGISTER NOW:
October 6, 2013
THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN
November 3, 2013
THE FIREBIRD: EXPLORING DEPRESSION AS TRANSFORMATIONAL GROUND
Traditional cultures understood depression and other non-ordinary mental experiences as states of emergence rather than as disorders. This workshop, based on the archetypal heroic quest, uses the rich metaphors, visual images, and environments of a famous Russian folk tale to write one's way to wholeness.
Dr. Juliet Bruce is a healing story practitioner and facilitator of story sanctuaries for individuals and communities in crisis. Her first book, A Write of Passage, (Wisdom Moon Publishing, 2014) illuminates story as a scaffold for rebuilding life after trauma, loss, or in a time of transition.
Dr. Juliet Bruce is a healing story practitioner and facilitator of story sanctuaries for individuals and communities in crisis. Her first book, A Write of Passage, (Wisdom Moon Publishing, 2014) illuminates story as a scaffold for rebuilding life after trauma, loss, or in a time of transition.
December 1, 2013
THE WORRY DOOR: POETRY THERAPY FOR FEAR AND ANXIETY
January 5, 2014
THUNDER AND WRITENING: EXPLORING ANGER AND FORGIVENESS THROUGH LITERATURE & WRITING
February 2, 2014
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE MEAT OF MEMORY
March 2, 2014
THE HOLE IN THE HEART: BEREAVEMENT, GRIEF AND LOSS
April 6, 2014
THE POETIC HEART OF INTER-BEING
Poems, music and writing experiences that focus on seeing and being seen, nurturing empathy and compassion, and supporting community and hope.
Emily R. Blumenfeld, CAPF, has published both literary and scholarly writing. Her work is centered in themes of voice and witnessing, social justice and equality, and nurturing in its myriad forms. She has a master's degree from the University of Toronto with a focus on gender, diversity, and family studies.
May 4, 2014
MARVELOUS MYTH & LESSONS FOR LIVING
June 1, 2014
THE INTERCONNECTED WEB OF LIFE: NATURE POETRY AS AN INTEGRATIVE FORCE
NOTE: Program may be subject to change in accordance with the needs of the group.
PEER GROUP 2012-2013:
October 21
In the Orchard of Hope: Poetry Therapy and Possibility
November 18
Special Guest: Marianella Medrano-Marra, Phd, PTR-M/S
"Embodied Writing"
"Embodied Writing"
December 23
Working with Teens and Children
January
RECESS
February 3
Relationships: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
March 3
Just Like Me: An Exploration of Difference
April 7
The Golden Mirror: Reflections on Aging
May 5
Recovery from Addiction, Abuse and Trauma
June 2
Soul Quest
PEER GROUP 2011-2012:
September 18
One City, One Prompt
October 9
The Joys of Journaling
November 6
Thunder and “Writening”: Exploring Anger and the Possibility Of Forgiveness
December 18
The Truth in Magic: Therapeutic Use of Fairy Tales and Myths
January
RECESS
February 26
In the Winter Light: Coping With Depression
March 25
The Express Stop I: Oral Interpretation and the Re-Claiming Of Voice
April 15
The Poetry of Witness
May 20
The Express Stop II: Workshop
June 24
Beauty: Elixir for the Soul
PEER GROUP 2010-2011:
September 19
Open House-Newcomers Welcome
La Loba: From Straw to Gold and Bones to Flesh
The Power of Transformational Language
La Loba: From Straw to Gold and Bones to Flesh
The Power of Transformational Language
October 31
The Ordinary Extraordinary Woman
November 14
The Hole in the Heart: Bereavement
Special Guest: Nancy Scherlong, LCSW, PTR
Special Guest: Nancy Scherlong, LCSW, PTR
December 19
Stories of Light
January 9
Food for Thought
February 13
Narrative Therapy and Re-Store-ying Oneself
March 13
BRO-KEN: Fragmenting into WholenessSpecial Guest: Diane Kaufman, M.D.
Author of Cracking Up and Back Again
Director, Creative Arts in Healthcare, UMDNJ
Author of Cracking Up and Back Again
Director, Creative Arts in Healthcare, UMDNJ
April 3
Family Matters
May 28
The Dumbest Mistakes of Smart Poetry Therapists:
Stories of Success and Failure
Stories of Success and Failure
June 19
Lotus Lessons: Wisdom, Integrity, and the Sacred
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