IPTN

Welcome to Irish Poetry Therapy Network - IPTN, a non-profit organisation that provides an environment where participants explore at first hand, through the use of poetry therapy and bibliotherapy, the healing power of poetry as a means of identifying and dealing with various life issues.

Find out more about us and how to join our network by checking out our site.


Confidentiality Agreement: IPTN Sessions are held in a confidential space. Participants, discussions and poems are only published with agreement. These sessions use poetry as therapy and are not psychotherapy sessions.

Friday, 3 June 2016

Date for your Diary - IPTN Conference

We have a date for the 2016 IPTN Conference:

Sunday 9 October 2016

Please put it in your diary - it will be another great poetry therapy event!

Venue to be announced shortly.

The Journey - Self-Discovery Through Poetry


Sunday, 22 May 2016

Gartan Session Group Poem

This poem was written by the participants at our Gartan Session on 21 May 2016. Each person contributed to the poem:

Surfacing

Running running but not to escape
if you see you must witness
I sit back and rejoice
hands that wish to hold other things
the beauty contest is now a temple
where everybody wins
released not suppressed
out there somewhere
the sea tastes of summer
like the waves, I lap to the shoreline
the last vestiges of preciousness
wading, plodding, pulling water 
to surface.

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

New Info Leaflet for Poetry Therapy

IPTN have produced an information leaflet on Poetry Therapy and IPTN for distribution. If you would like us to post you some leaflets for distribution, please email us at irishpoetrytherapynetwork@gmail.com



Sunday, 27 March 2016

A New Adventure of PT Sessions



Join us on our new adventure of poetry therapy sessions around the country.

Our first port of call is the beautiful Gartan Outdoor Centre in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal (www.gartan.com)

Saturday 21 May '16

2pm to 5pm

€10 (€5 for IPTN members)

Email us today to secure a place at irishpoetrytherapynetwork@gmail.com