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ERIC Number: EJ514610
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-3675
Spontaneous Poetry in the Therapy of a Feral Street-Child: Recording a Return from Alienation.
Simpson, Michael A.
Journal of Poetry Therapy, v8 n4 p185-89 Sum 1995
Describes a young man who suffered multiple handicaps and cruel deprivations from birth, became a street person at an early age, and who, after a suicide attempt, responded well to intensive time-limited psychotherapy with a Zen approach. Includes his spontaneously written poetry which recorded his gradually reducing alienation. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Higher Education, Homeless People, Physical Disabilities, Poetry, Psychotherapy
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Poetry Therapy; Street Children