Perie’s love of poetry influences all aspects of her life. She is the recent past-president of the National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT), a poet-teacher through the California-Poets-In-the- Schools program, a Registered Poetry Therapist and Mentor/supervisor for those seeking training in that field, a Marriage and Family Therapist, and a poet. For many years she has led the morning poetry writing workshop for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. She also leads the Santa Barbara Summer Poetry Workshop, a three day retreat for those wanting to focus on the craft of writing and increase their confidence as poets. She has published three volumes of poetry, Milking the Earth, The Privacy of Wind, and most recently, With Nothing behind but Sky: a journey through grief (Artamo Press, 2006). Her work also has appeared in various poetry journals. She believes that everyone is a poet, and like Shelley, that poets “are the true legislators of the world.”

Perie Longo, Ph.D., MFT, PTR

Registered Poetry Therapist

800 Garden St. Suite I
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(805) 687-1619

E-Mail Perie@west.net

Perie's Favorite Links

www.artamo.com

National Assocation for Poetry Therapy

Santa Barbara Writers Conference