BiblioTerapy：故事如何帮助指导治疗过程

When dealing with personal issues such as anxiety anddepressionor应对悲伤那sometimes it can be difficult to make sense of what is happening in your mind and body, especially if you don’t have any other experience to compare it to. Bibliotherapy aims to bridge this gap by using literature to help you improve your life by providing information, support, and guidance in the form of reading activities via books and stories.

What Bibliotherapy Involves

The concept of reading as a way to help facilitate the healing process and meet therapeutic goals is a common strategy found in many treatment approaches. However, what separates bibliotherapy from other establishedtheories of psychotherapysuch as cognitive-behavioral therapy, is the fact that a therapist will typically view bibliotherapy as a therapeutic approach, and therefore, use it as anadjunct part of the treatment process。

自从Bibliotherapy经常用于支持其他形式的治疗，它适用于个人和群体类型的情况，以及所有年龄段的人。在使用诸如儿童或青少年的年轻客户端时，有常常看到治疗师使用故事。

当在群体治疗环境中使用时，Bibliotherapy允许参与者提供有关他们对文献的解释以及如何与其问题的反馈提供反馈。它还有助于改善沟通，并鼓励更多的深入对话和参与者的连接。

什么期待

If bibliotherapy sounds like a good fit, you might be wondering how a therapist uses this tool during a counseling session.山姆高兴那Ph.D., a professor atWake Forest University's Online Master’s in Counseling and Human Services program谁专注于咨询中的创造力描述了Bibliotherapy作为涉及使用书籍，辅导员和客户的动态三种互动。“辅导员和客户考虑客户生命中的问题或压力区域;然后，辅导员“规定了”客户阅读的书或故事“，”他说。

Gladding确实指出，这本书或故事直接与客户的困难联系起来至关重要，以便他们在小说或故事中识别主角。辅导员和客户随后回到一起讨论主角处理他或她的问题的方式以及本书中解决方案或解决方案的适用性到客户的情况。

而且，许可的婚姻和家庭治疗师，Chad Perman，MA，LMFT新页面治疗agrees. "Typically, therapists will use bibliotherapy to assign clients specific books to read outside of the session," he says. This strategy, says Perman, can help facilitate empathy, insight, conversation, and self-growth.

Most therapists trained in bibliotherapy will have a list of books that relate to different issues. There are also several sites and databases online that give suggested or recommended titles based on a particular concern or mental health issues. An example is this list fromGoodreads.这是朝向儿童和青少年的。

Bibliotherapy如何帮助

通过使用故事通过小说和非小说书，诗歌，戏剧，短篇小说和自助材料，治疗师可以帮助您更深入地了解首先将您带到咨询咨询课程的担忧。

人挑战

Bibliotherapy让您深入了解个人挑战您正在处理并帮助您制定策略以解决最多的问题。它还可以帮助促进解决问题，理解和自我意识。

收到本efits Outside of Treatment

同意书籍读取会议的书，给出了治疗师的格式，用于在待遇外分配作业。这有助于深化治疗会议的含义，并促进更大的学习。另一种方式可以使用圣徒，Gladding是通过预防模型使用的，这可以帮助人们学习应对生活挑战的方法。

The Stories Provide Perspective

One of the more compelling reasons for using bibliotherapy is that it can help you see how other people, such as characters in a book, address and deal with similar issues. When you identify with a fictional or non-fictional character, especially on an emotional level, you're able to see that there are others who are also navigating and coping with personal struggles.

Common Issues Treated With Bibliotherapy

While reading, in general, is beneficial to just about everybody, Perman says targeted bibliotherapy can be specifically useful for the following issues:

• 焦虑
• 萧条
• Substance abuse
• 饮食障碍
• Relationship issues
• Existential concerns such as isolation, meaninglessness, freedom, and death

Gladding补充说，Bibliotherapy可能特别相关，尤其是涉及人际关系的问题，例如管理愤怒或社会适当的行为和颅骨关系，例如羞怯或抑郁症。“关于如何处理的问题悲伤那rejection，或几乎任何负面的“isms”，如种族主义，性别歧视，年龄也可以通过Bibliotherapy解决，“Gladding说。

使用Bibliotherapy时，治疗师可能会选择自助参考，例如Calming练习的工作簿焦虑的人or other mental health concerns. Or, they may select a story with a fictional character that is dealing with the grief and trauma from losing a loved one for a client who recently experienced a death in the family.

How to Find a Bibliotherapy Therapist

When searching for a therapist who incorporates bibliotherapy into their treatment sessions, the first place to look is online. You can search this specialty by Googling bibliotherapy + your city. For example, “bibliotherapy + Seattle.”

In addition to training in bibliotherapy, make sure to check for othercredentials and titlessuch as LMFT, LCSW, PsyD, Ph.D., psychotherapist, and licensed professional counselor when doing your homework. These credentials, along with many others, indicate that the person has the education and proper certifications or license to practice in your state.

虽然您正在寻找具有更多正式培训的治疗师，但是，您可以找到提供者的目录International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy网站。

There are a number of professionals from many helping disciplines that belong toThe National Association for Poetry Therapy那according to Gladding. He says this group uses the word "poetry" broadly to mean any written word. An excellent place to start is by looking at their website and publications. Also checking Google Scholar and other academic sources may yield scholars who are also counselors and can either help directly or recommend others who can.