Therapeutic SOULSPEAK for Adults in Therapy is a revolutionary program that gives anyone a way to easily express deep, unresolved conflicts and fears. As an aide to group therapy it is unparalleled in its power, universality and ease of use.

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Free samples of SOULSPEAK

Samples of SOULSPEAK written poems by adults in therapy can be downloaded for free (or you can request an actual book) by going to Sarasota Poetry Theatre Press and selecting Adults in Therapy.

To hear what SOULSPEAK sounds like when used by adults in therapy go to SOULSPEAK Studio and select Adults in Therapy. Once there, you can download a sample of any album for free using Real Audio or MS Wav (or you can request an actual album).

Specially prepared music is available (SOULSPEAK MUSIC) for those conducting SOULSPEAK programs. You can hear samples for free and order specific tapes and CDs by going to SOULSPEAK Studio and selecting SOULSPEAK.

Summary:

Therapeutic SOULSPEAK taps into the unconscious almost effortlessly and is both healing and cathartic by nature. It is a non-traumatic process that uses a special version of the oldest form of poetry, an oral, story-telling poetry, to allow anyone to easily express his or her deepest feelings. It is also a poetry that people find instantly appealing. It is performed in antiphonal fashion (speaker-responder) to slow music, and is learned almost instantaneously. No previous knowledge of poetry, or even reading and writing is required. Therapeutic SOULSPEAK has been proven to dramatically increase self-esteem, self-awareness and, because of its unique communal nature, empathy for others. The poems spoken out in Therapeutic SOULSPEAK sessions also provide an extremely accurate diagnostic tool for therapists.

Therapeutic SOULSPEAK has been used in the following therapeutic situations:

1. CLIENTS RECOVERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS at Beacon House and Prospect House Mental Health Centers: SOULSPEAK was used to assist therapists in the mainstreaming process to increase clients' self-esteem and sense of belonging. "It was nothing less than awe-inspiring to see (those) at Beacon House drop-in center learn, follow directions, work in tandem, access their creative potential, develop a sense of self and a sense of community belonging."
Patricia Musselwhite-Weaver, MA, CRC, LMHC.

2. CLIENTS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE ADDICTION at Tammi House Recovery Center: SOULSPEAK was used to assist in the recovery process by increasing self-esteem, and self-awareness, and empathy for others.
"SOULSPEAK provided a universal, almost effortless means for our residents to access the deepest parts of themselves; it was like a magic carpet ride for the soul. Through SOULSPEAK, they were able to express their fears and hopes and conflicts and begin to heal."
Sharon R. Mays-Tremain, Director Tammi House.

3. CLIENTS SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC DISORDERS DUE TO PHSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE at F.I.R.S.T. (Foundation for Intensive Rehabilitation of Sexual Trauma): SOULSPEAK was used in the group therapeutic process to give severely traumatized women a way to speak openly and in public about physical and sexual abuse.
" I see SOULSPEAK as a valuable therapeutic tool that releases the creative process. The tangible process of clients seeing their poems in print and hearing themselves on tape enables them to put a healthy distance, or separateness, between themselves and their trauma. Externalized in this way, it is safely out in the world and more easy to handle emotionally."
Natasha Mann, Clinical Psychologist.

Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is considered by many therapists as a powerful aid that has allowed clients to express themselves in ways they could not through conventional therapies, and has thus allowed them to gain enough self-knowledge, esteem, and empathy for others to use those therapies successfully.

Justin Spring, the Artistic Director of the Theatre says, "SOULSPEAK is based on the very first art: oral tribal poetry, a spontaneous, communal multi-voiced poetry that is in our DNA, and unlike the arts that developed after the invention of writing (which are the sophisticated arts forms we have today) it is one that can be immediately learned by anyone."

Grants from the Kates Foundation, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Selby Foundation, and Bank of America Community Foundation/Sarasota and other organizations have funded Therapeutic SOULSPEAK for Adults-in-Therapy.