MASTERCLASS 4-PART WORKSHOP SERIES: 5 POEMS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE (6 CEUs)

The Creative “Righting” Center

presents

MASTERCLASS 4-PART WORKSHOP SERIES: 5 POEMS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

6 continuing education credits for licensed social workers

An Interactive, Live Webinar

October 21, October 28, November 4, and November 11

from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern

Extraordinary words create extraordinary transformation! The best way to learn poetry therapy is to immerse yourself in the process. In this 4-part series, we will be nourished and revitalized by the wisdom of great poets, such as Mary Oliver, David Whyte, David Waggoner, Rumi, Pesha Gertler, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Time and again, specific questions emerge on our quest for self-knowledge and healing in therapy. I've paired these questions with brilliant poems that will serve as a prompt for dialogue and journaling. This will be an intimate small interactive group process. Space is limited. These tools will spark your own creativity and healing and give you at least twenty fabulous poems you can use to help your clients.

About the Instructor

Sherry Reiter, LCSW, PhD, is on the faculty of Touro University and a guest lecturer at Hofstra University. She is Director of The Creative “Righting” Center and has worked with marginalized populations for the past four decades. Her book, Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping Through Transformative Writing, is a primer in the field. Sherry Reiter is an international speaker and past President of The National Association for Poetry Therapy and the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy. She is also an approved IFBPT Mentor-Supervisor for poetry therapists-in-training.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this course, learners will be able to:

• Articulate three goals of poetry therapy.
• List at least three indicators of counter-therapeutic material.
• Assess literature for therapeutic effectiveness.
• Collect poems to assist in discussion of important topics.
• Implement highly therapeutic sessions with the application of specially chosen literature (journaling, poetry, and stories).

This is an interactive workshop with writing and optional sharing.

Course Outline

October 21:

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM: The Place of Knowing; The Journey

Didactic: Application of The Poetry Therapy Model

October 28:

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM: "The Architecture of Desire"

"Three Strange Angels"

Didactic: Listening With the Ears of the Heart

November 4:

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM: “I Give You Back”: Boundary Crossings

Postcards from the Edge

Didactic: Four Stages of Forgiveness

November 11:

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM: “The Seven of Pentacles”

Balancing It All

"The Anatomy of Peace"

Review and Crystallize Takeaways

Course Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Course Interaction & System Requirements:

This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in student and leader led discussions.

System Requirements:

• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, Mac0S9 or higher, Android 7.0 or higher

• Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9 or higher

• Broadband Internet Connection : Cable, high-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible

Fee & Registration

Cost: $225

Register by October 20, 2025.

Refund requests must be received at least 48 hours before the start of the live webinar. Refunds will be issued for the amount paid minus Eventbrite ticket fees.

Should the event be canceled, refunds will be issued in full within five business days.

Course Completion & CE Requirements:

To earn CE Credit, learners must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete the Google form online evaluation (link will be sent by email). Certificates will be sent via email within two business days of course and evaluation completion.

The Creative “Righting” Center, provider # 1939, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 04/15/2025 - 04/15/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.

Sherry Reiter, Ph.D. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider for continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0528.

Note: It is an ASWB ACE and NYSED requirement that the sessions must be attended in full to receive CEUs.

For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please email: info@thecreativerightingcenter.com.

*** This series will take place over four consecutive Tuesdays beginning on October 21 at 12:00 PM Eastern, meeting via Zoom.