Your Professional Practice: Venues
Certified applied poetry facilitators (CAPFs), certified poetry therapists (CPTs)
and registered poetry therapists (PTRs) work in a variety of educational, clinical,
healthcare and community settings. Below are just a sampling of the venues
where CAPFs, CPTs and PTRs might offer groups, both during their training and
after credentials are conferred.
EDUCATIONAL
- Gifted and talented programs
- After-school programs
- Poets in the Schools programs
- K-12 public schools
- Charter schools
- Colleges and universities
- Mentoring programs
- Literacy skill development programs
- Special education programs
- English as a second language programs
CLINICAL
Note that if CAPFs choose to work in clinical settings, they are responsible
for arranging appropriate on-site supervision.
- Depression/anxiety groups
- Substance abuse groups
- Eating disorder groups
- Stress management groups
- Post-traumatic stress recovery groups
- Couples and family relationships
- Communication skills development
- Post-divorce groups
- Grief and loss groups
- Caregiver support groups
- Recovery support groups
- Rehabilitation groupsHealthcare
- Cardiac rehab groups
- Healthy lifestyle groups
- Wellness groups
- Stop-smoking groups
- HIV/AIDS groups
- Long-term chronic illness groups
- Weight loss groups
- Pain management groups
- Cancer support groups
- Stroke rehabilitation groups
COMMUNITY
Note that all credentialed professionals are responsible for arranging appropriate
on-site supervision with populations such as prisons, homeless shelters,
kids-at-risk, substance abuse facilities, and any other population that requires
specialized skills or knowledge.
- Library programs
- Parks & recreation programs
- Prisons
- Substance abuse treatment facilities
- Churches
- Community centers
- Neighborhoods
- Kids at risk programs
- Homeless shelters
- Disaster relief programs
- Transitional housing programs
- Welfare-to-work programs
- Active senior programs
- Frail elderly programs
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