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The authors of this paper present the initial outcome of using a SPARC Grant to train inter-professionals to implement a curriculum used in the provision of a co-facilitative poetry therapy group. Drawing upon best practices of poetry therapy, this innovative approach involved a professional poet and a therapist and contributes to the field because it is transferable among a variety of client populations. The authors offer an overview of the training used for inter-professionals located in rural communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors of this paper review the efficacy of poetry therapy and introduce a curriculum to be used in the provision of a co-facilitative poetry therapy group process which involves a professional poet and a therapist. Drawing upon best practices of poetry therapy, the paper demonstrates that this innovative approach not only contributes to the field but is transferable among a variety of client populations. The authors present a curriculum, writing exercises, samples of poems, and include a plan for efficacy assessment in the context of a domestic violence survival group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the second annual poetry section of the publication is presented, including poems depicting rural poverty, social work experience and sense of naivetéin the Appalachia.