Knowra Bibliotherapy Bibliotherapy Bibliotherapy uses selected reading materials to support emotional well-being, personal growth, or psychological treatment. It can be guided by a professional or undertaken independently.
Cognitive behavioral therapy : A psychotherapy that helps people identify and change unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior. Self-help books often adapt its exercises for readers to practice between or outside therapy sessions.
Self-help book : A book that offers readers guidance for addressing personal, emotional, or practical problems. It is the most direct form of independently used bibliotherapy.
Ancient Greek medicine : Medical theories and practices developed in the ancient Greek world. Ancient Greek accounts linked literary experience with the calming or purifying of emotion.
Psychotherapy : The treatment of psychological difficulties through structured interaction with a trained professional. Unlike many forms of bibliotherapy, psychotherapy depends on direct therapeutic interaction.
Narrative transportation : A state of deep absorption in a story that can influence a person's feelings, beliefs, and judgments. Immersion in a character’s experience can make emotional themes easier to approach.
Reading group : A group whose members read and discuss books together. Facilitated discussion can make shared reading a structured source of support.
Library science : The study and practice of organizing, managing, and providing access to information resources. Librarians helped establish book selection and reading guidance as forms of support.
Art therapy : A mental health treatment that uses art-making and reflection to support expression and change. It uses visual creation rather than reading as its central medium.
Identification (psychology) : A psychological process in which someone adopts or relates to another person's traits, feelings, or perspective. Relating to a character can help readers recognize and reconsider their own responses.
School counseling : Professional support in schools addressing students’ academic, social, emotional, and career development. Counselors may select books to help students discuss feelings and difficult experiences.
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