Word Arts Collage: A Poetry Therapy Memoir

…a teacher whose depth of knowledge is paired with an uncanny capacity to impart it. …endlessly creative and nuanced approaches to the theory and practice of the field.

~Kathleen Adams, MA, LPC, RPT, poetry therapist, journal therapist, author of Journal to the Self, Mightier Than the Sword, Scribing the Soul, and director of the Center for Journal Therapy

…a knowing, soul full articulation of the “magical,” transformative, healing process of poetry therapy.

~Ellen Baker, PhD., psychologist, psychodramatist, author of Caring for Ourselves: A Therapist’s Guide to Personal and Professional Well-Being

…honors, celebrates, and reclaims both reading and writing as essential allies in our journey to wholeness….

~J. Ruth Gendler, author of The Book of Qualities and Notes on the Need for Beauty

For anyone in love with words and the sound of syllables tasted on your tongue…

~Sophy Burnham, playwright and author of A Book of Angels, For Writers Only and The Treasure of Montsegur

…a rare example of how we can go beyond an academic discussion to a work that engages us in the process –in this case of biblio/poetry therapy.

~Mary Hynes-Berry, Ph.D., co-author of Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process and faculty member of the Erikson Institute: a Graduate program for Early Childhood Development: Chicago, Il.

…a teaching tale: a collage of poetic literature, clinical vignettes, and a window into the mind and process of a gifted poetry therapist.

~Joan Turkus, MD, board certified psychiatrist, forensic psychiatrist, consultant and co-founder of THE CENTER: Post-Traumatic Disorders Program, The Psychiatric Institute of Washington.