SHELLEY TRACEY, PTP,

NORTHERN IRELAND, UK

I am a Poetry Therapy Practitioner with iaPOETRY.  My practice in Poetry Therapy brings together my experience as an educator, researcher, counsellor and creative writing facilitator, in community, educational and mental health settings. I am a published poet, and have written many journal articles on creativity and creative writing. Research publications include the impact of arts programmes for people involved in the criminal justice system. I have a special interest in the capacity of the arts to enable intercultural communication and challenge discrimination. In 2015, I was Artist in the Community in Northern Ireland (Arts Council NI Award), with an intercultural creative writing project, A Write to a Sense of Belonging.

I work with individuals and groups. Since the start of the COVID19 period in March 2020,  I have been facilitating online writing courses for wellbeing.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Poetry Therapy Practitioner

  • Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling

  • BA (Hons) English Literature

  • MA (English Literature)

  • M Ed (Adult Education)

  • Higher Diploma in Education

  • PhD

SPECIAL INTERESTS

  • Creativity

  • Research

  • Ekphrasis

  • Reminiscence

  • Writers with sight loss

  • Poetry in schools

Website: https://shelleytracey.co.uk/

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