Song to Self: Promoting a Therapeutic Dialogue with High-Risk Youths Through Poetry and Popular Music

Leah Olson-McBride; Timothy F. Page

doi:10.1080/01609513.2011.603117

Song to Self: Promoting a Therapeutic Dialogue with High-Risk Youths Through Poetry and Popular Music

Leah Olson-McBride
, Timothy F. Page

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Abstract

This article presents the implementation of a specialized poetry therapy intervention that incorporated hip-hop and rap music with high-risk youths. The use of this popular musician group work supported these young people's use of self-disclosure. The intervention also involved creative writing as a means of encouraging connection and self-expression among an often difficult-to-engage population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-137
Number of pages	14
Journal	Social Work with Groups
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2011.603117
State	Published - Mar 2 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Education
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Keywords

adolescents
group work
hip-hop
music
poetry
poverty
rap
self-disclosure

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