“…They feel that they and their patients need to have a common frame of reference and become familiar with metaphors or symbols (Bergqvist & Punzi, 2020). And to support meaning-making, agency, healing, and cognitive, emotional, and relational functions and power, poetry therapy considers the importance of understanding narratives more flexibly, action-oriented, and integrative, with roots in medicine, psychoanalysis, social work, and counseling (Punzi, 2022).…”