Editor’s Note
1989; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/bf03391367
ISSN1567-2344
Autores ResumoG roup process emerges as a common theme in our three feature articles.Linking Caroline Shrodes's (1949) model of bibliotherapy and Irvin Yalom's (1985) therapeutic factors in group therapy, Laura J. Cohen offers a theoretical framework of bibliotherapy that is based on reading as a group process phenomenon.Marion Goldstein (1989), in an earlier article (JPT, Vol. 2, No. 4) used Yalom's therapeutic factors as a framework to examine how poetic interventions affected the inpatient group therapy process.It appears that further research on the therapeutic value of the reading process and on the poetic process in group therapy is indicated.I call upon reading teachers and groupwork specialists to contribute to this research relating to poetry therapy.Charles Rossiter offers a "Therapeutic Behavior Scale" that has wide application in training and research.Particular attention is given to its use in poetry group therapy.This scale was developed at the Albany Training Program in Poetry Therapy, a program that is modeled after the Bibliotherapy Program at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.It is significant in that it provides another signal of the emergence and sophistication of poetry therapy practice and research.Karen Chase, a poet-in-residence at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, discusses the process and product of two-way collaborative poetry writing in a mental hospitaL Chase is also well aware of the interpersonal dynamics involved in writing collaborative poems: "Who takes the lead in the poem?Who pushes the language boundaries in one way or another?... The boat gets rocked, risks get taken that upset the balance .... "The above articles represent the continued development of the theory and practice of using poetry and other literary forms in various treatment modalities.
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