ways of
solving these
problems can
be numerous. It is in this
way that the therapy
can allow for long-term
personal development.
After this initial stage, the therapist encourages a sharing of experience. During this phase both verbal and non-verbal methods of exploration can be employed. For example, the emotions and realisations of the reader may ...
Bibliotherapy is a therapy that uses the written word as a means of showing the individual that their condition or feelings are not uncommon, and can indeed be related to. Through forming an affiliation with characters and situations from literature, a constructive solution can be realised by those experiencing mental ill health or periods of upset and unsettlement in their lives.
The therapist typically chooses a text to be read by the individual according to the relevance it has to their specific
problems. In the act of reading the book alone,
the individual begins to relate to the situations
that are being described. Through this
relationship with the text, they
are given both the
reassurance that they are
not the only one to have
encountered certain problems,
and are made aware that the
