poetry therapy

Past Events
Workshops & Classes


Please see below for a list of past workshops, classes, and events with John Fox and the Institute for Poetic Medicine.

2008 Past Events

  • February 26-28, Tuesday-Thursday
    Workshop in Rochester, MN
    Hope Lodge
    411 2nd St NW, Rochester, MN 55901
    A workshop series for people with cancer and their families.
    Times: Tuesday 7:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.; Wednesday 5:00-6:30 p.m.; and Thursday 5:00 -6:30 p.m.
    For more information call: (507) 529-4673

    February 29 - March 1, Friday-Saturday
    The Soul's Language: Poetry of the Sacred
    Macalester College
    Old Main Building, 4th Floor Lounge
    100 Macalester Street, St. Paul MN
    Friday Evening Introduction February 29 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
    Saturday March 1 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Contact Tania Kowalenko at takova@msn.com
    or Tom Hubler at (612) 375-0640
    Download more information >> (PDF file)

    March 7-9, Friday-Sunday
    Poetry Therapy: Reclamation of Deep Language
    California Institute for Integral Studies
    1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
    Times: Friday 6:15 - 9:25 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 10:00 - 5:00 p.m.
    For CIIS students.
    For more information: See the California Institute of Integral Studies web site at http://www.ciis.edu/


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  • Finding the Words To Say It: The Healing Art of Written Expression

    Join John Fox, CPT, in July and September in Ohio at two support centers for cancer survivors, their families and care-givers.

    John Fox, who has presented frequently at The Gathering Place and Wellness Community, returns to Ohio this Summer/early Fall to offer another poetic medicine workshop at these excellent centers.

    As a poet and certified poetry therapist, John creates an inviting space where those who are struggling with cancer may express themselves through the healing act of poem-making.  Regardless of whether you have attended in the past, this program will offer new material and a time of renewal. If you are new to this, John creates a safe and encouraging environment. No prior experienced necessary.

    The Gathering Place
    23300 Commerce Park
    Beachwood, OH
    (216) 595-9546 to register by phone

    Friday, July 25th:      1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    Saturday, July 26th:  9:00 am - 1:00 pm

    You are invited to attend one or both sessions. Advance registration is required.

    For information and  register, please call: (216) 595-9546

    For complete flyer:  Click here    

    Click here: Check out "The Gathering Place - a caring community for those touched by cancer"

    The Wellness Community of Greater Columbus
    5500 Frantz Rd., #115
    Dublin, OH

    Thursday, Sept. 4th:  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    For information and registration, please call:  (614) 791-9510

    For complete flyer:  Click Here

    Click here: Check out "The Wellness Community of Columbus, Support Education & Hope"

    Finding What You Didn't Lose: Uncover Your Hidden Wholeness Through the Healing Power of Writing

    Presentation Retreat and Conference Center
    19480 Bear Creek Rd.
    Los Gatos, CA

    Friday, Sept. 12th (Evening) - Sunday, Sept. 14th (Noon)

    John Fox, CPT, and Sally Z. Hare, PhD invite you to join them in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains for reflection, renewal, and connection with self and others through the healing power of writing.  Grounded in Sally's years of working with Parker Palmer's formation theory, and John's extensive experience with poetry therapy, you will have an opportunity to rejoin soul and role, to reconnect who you are with what you do.  This circle of trust retreat is for persons working within education, health care, psychology, law, philanthropy, religious/spiritual life, organizational leadership and nonprofit and community organizations.

    For information and registration, please call Sally Hare: (843) 238-9291

    For complete flyer:  Click here

    Click Here: Check out "Presentation Center: Welcome"

    Click Here: Check out "stilllearning.org - Home"

    Creative Healing:  Healing From the Inside

    El Camino Cancer Center
    2500 Grant Road
    Mountain View, CA

    Sunday, Oct. 26:  8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    John will be part of a faculty of teachers, healers, physicians and artists who have joined forces to offer this experiential day-long symposium that will provide a rich atmosphere for inviting you to engage more deeply with your authentic self - the one who desires to thrive beyond the limits of cultural and personal cancer myths, and who instinctively knows what you most need during this challenging period.  Through the creative use of art, poetry, storytelling, and movement, you will have an opportunity to regain your personal power, renew your creative skills and find new answers to old problems.

    For information and registration, please contact:

    Dr. William Buchholz (650) 988-8011

    For complete flyer:  Click here

    Poetry, Community and the Flourishing Heart

    Rivendell Retreat Centre
    600 Rivendell
    Bowen Island, British Columbia, CANADA

    Friday, Jan. 16th (2:00pm) - Sunday, January 18th (Noon)

    John Fox, CPT invites you to join him on beautiful Bowen Island in British Columbia for a time of developing and sharing poems that reflect on who we are individually and collectively in community.  What may be blocking and/or holding you back from meaningful connections to self and others?  How can you say what you discover and know, with beauty and power?  Treating these questions as threads in the tapestry that weave us together, we will discover how the responses that emerge in this tranquil, sacred place nourish and strengthen us. This retreat is sponsored by Ray McGinnis and Write to the Heart

    For information and registration, please call:

    Ray McGinnis: (604) 408-4457



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