You have a story through which you can see the shape of your life. Through poetry, I help you find the lens to see your power, find your strengths, identify your challenges, and walk towards healing, to lead with your heart, or to work meaningfully and wholeheartedly every day. We journey together with language to shape our way, drawing inspiration from poets and writers. I have led poetry therapy workshops with diverse populations in New York and Toronto. My Master’s thesis titled, “Poetry Therapy and the Lived Experience of Refugees” is a study of how refugees can share their stories and view their experience through the lens of poetry, to find strength and healing.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Poetry Therapy Practitioner
• Mentor for iaPOETRY
• BA, Creative Writing – York University, Toronto, Canada
• MA, Interdisciplinary Studies – York University, Toronto, Canada

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Refugees
• Women in shelters
• Leadership conversations – leading with heart
• Corporate wellness
• Immigrant entrepreneurs

CONTACT DETAILS

Email: s.muljidutt@gmail.com
Website: poetryhealer.com

My life has always been filled with countless hours of reading and writing, but it wasn’t until I found poetry that I unearthed myself.

Poetry has guided me from a place of fear and destruction to a place where I can value my voice and help others on their journey to find theirs. I value writing as an act of planting individual seeds of self-expression to create a vibrant garden of our unique stories and experiences.

My background in journalism has inspired me to question internal and external systems – poetry creates an outlet to explore those curiosities. It can help us heal our individual experiences and collective traumas, guiding us to find freedom in the stories and pain we carry inside.

I want to support folks to connect inward and share their stories, hopes, and fears of the past, present, and future. I want to remove the barriers in our systems that keep poetry and writing from those who need it to heal, regardless of their life experience.

As part of my PTP training, I offer online workshops and in-person events across southern Ontario. There are individual and group sessions available.

By providing a creative and compassionate environment for folks to explore their experiences and emotions, we can bring a piece of freedom of expression and guide others to use their words as a voice for change. I believe that poetry heals because it reminds us that we are living.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Poetry Therapy Practitioner in Training
• Journalism Print & New Media – Sheridan College

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Environment & eco-poetry
• Ekphrastic writing
• Intuitive & reflective journaling
• Astrology, cosmology
• Philosophy & social structures

CONTACT DETAILS

Email: kj.poetrytherapy@gmail.com
Website: www.writewithkj.ca
Instagram: @kj.poetrytherapy

Employing the containing structure of a poetry therapy session and using poetry as a catalyst for creative exploration of feelings and experiences is an engaging way to interact with others. I employ a deeply empathetic lens in my work with all types of clients and find satisfaction in engaging others to find poetry and creative language in their self and other exploration as a peer group facilitator and creative arts therapist.

Having a response to poetry, one way or another, is a natural inclination. Crafting an impulsive response in brief text can be surprising, satisfying and feel very vulnerable. I was drawn to poetry workshops myself as I found them to be relaxing, rejuvenating and insightful. I wanted to share this experience with others and so I started attending conferences and workshops and then began formally training as a PTP- Poetry Therapy Practitioner in 2023. Poetry Therapy is also complimentary with Drama Therapy and can be used within the sessions seamlessly. I have used Poetry with individual clients and with groups. I have experience using Poetry Therapy in my creative and therapeutic work with adults and teens. 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Poetry Therapy Practitioner in Training
• MA Creative Arts Therapies: Drama Therapy, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
• BA Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
• BFA Drawing and Painting, minor in English, OCAD, Toronto, CA
• Professional member ACNN
• Professional member CCPA & QCA
• NADTA member
• Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) [ON], CRPO

 SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Memoir and identity, loss and grief, intergenerational context, trauma
• Art, embodiment, dramatic engagement, journaling, creative expression
• Poetry Groups, Peer groups, Drama Therapy groups and individual clients
• Clients: Caregivers & parents, immigrants, former expats, LGBTQIA2S+
• Indigenous individuals and those working in the Indigenous community

 CONTACT DETAILS

Email: lukic.venus@gmail.com

Website: https://artvsblog.wordpress.com