The effectiveness
of bibliotherapy largely lies with how a child reacts to stories.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the efficacy
of bibliotherapy, where a program [now called Cool Kids Outreach] is implemented solely through the use of written or computerized materials with little or no therapist contact, in a rural population.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the impact of a 12 - week trial
of bibliotherapy materials based on the Cool Kids anxiety program for parents of children with anxiety disorders.
Living with Mental Illness: Books, Stories and Memoirs AACAP's Consumer Issues Committee has developed a list
of bibliotherapy resources for patients, families and clinicians.
Video therapy is an extension
of bibliotherapy (selecting appropriate stories to read or be read by the children to meet a therapeutic objective).
An effective way I have found to work with many of my clients is through the use
of bibliotherapy.
A few issues ago, I wrote about the healing powers
of bibliotherapy, the process of using books to help heal one emotionally.
Some of the professoriate embrace the bizarre idea
of bibliotherapy, believing that children will feel better about themselves if they read about a child with similar problems (for instance, the child of an alcoholic parent should read about the child of an alcoholic parent).
Not exact matches
Bibliotherapy is defined as the use
of books as a treatment for mental or psychological disorders.
Bibliotherapy: the use
of reading materials for help in solving personal problems or for psychiatric therapy.
Imago Relationship Therapy, Sexuality Counseling,
Bibliotherapy (reading & writing therapy), Group Therapy, Sex Therapy, Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy and other cutting edge and state
of the art techniques.
In adults with panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia), cognitive behavioural therapy was more effective when given with 6 hours
of therapist contact than with 2 hours
of therapist contact or
bibliotherapy.
Increased opportunity for young people to participate in appropriate rites
of passage may be achieved by updating traditional ceremonies, continuing and expanding rites
of passage programs and including
bibliotherapy as part
of the high school curriculum.
With children I utilize a variety
of expressive therapies including play, art, narrative, sand tray and
bibliotherapy.
Topics
of discussion will include, but are not limited to: art therapy, sand tray,
bibliotherapy, and music therapy.
This book deftly combines symbols, heartfelt feelings, relational theory,
bibliotherapy, and several developmentally - appropriate and creative art strategies to ultimately bolster the empirically - validated and single most important curative component
of child psychotherapy: the nonjudgmental, nonevaluative relationship between the counselor and client.
Results indicated that
bibliotherapy with any form
of contact produced superior outcomes in comparison to no treatment on self - report measures and the clinician rated severity and diagnostic profile.
Methods Parents
of 117 children with ODD, ages 3 — 6 years, seen in primary care received either a minimal intervention
bibliotherapy treatment (MIT), or a 12 - session parenting program led by a nurse or psychologist.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the impact
of a 12 - week trial
of Cool Kids Outreach (
bibliotherapy materials based on the Cool Kids anxiety program) for parents
of children with anxiety disorders.
Limitations included the lack
of a «pure»
bibliotherapy condition, the low number
of families who satisfactorily implemented the program in the email and client - initiated conditions, and lack
of control / comparison groups able to be evaluated at follow - up.
The pattern
of results for predictors and moderators needs to be examined in the context
of the overall study findings, which showed no overall difference between the minimal intervention
bibliotherapy group and the therapist - led treatments, no differences in outcomes overall between the two types
of therapists, nurses, and psychologists, and dose effects when parents attended a sufficient number
of sessions, a number that exceeds the number
of sessions that families often attend in clinic settings.
While this study design allows us to conclude that, overall, the therapist - led intervention was not more successful than minimal treatment, and was only better if parents attended a large proportion
of treatment sessions, the present study can not conclusively determine how much better the minimal intervention
bibliotherapy is than no intervention at all.
Conclusions There is little advantage to the therapist - led treatment over
bibliotherapy unless parents attend a significant number
of sessions.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined the stability
of treatment gains after receiving either cognitive
bibliotherapy or individual Cognitive Therapy (CT) for depression in older adults.
MIT using
bibliotherapy was chosen as a comparison group because: (a) it seemed inappropriate to withhold treatment by assigning children to wait - list groups when the efficacy
of moderately intensive parent training is well - established; (b) comparisons to alternative treatments provide stronger tests
of treatment efficacy than do comparisons to untreated controls; and (c) WLC cause problems in assessing outcomes because WLCs generate a disproportionate number
of dropouts that are difficult to address in «completer» analyses (Werba et al., 2006).
A randomized trial
of ACT
bibliotherapy on the mental health
of K - 12 teachers and staff.
The effectiveness
of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
bibliotherapy for enhancing the psychological health
of Japanese college students living abroad.
Furthermore, the sample size did not allow for a careful analysis
of children and families receiving
bibliotherapy alone to determine which families benefited from that treatment specifically.
There were no significant differences between the treatments on the GDS or HRSD at the 2 - year follow - up; however,
bibliotherapy participants had significantly more recurrences
of depression during the follow - up period.
Trauma - Informed Expressive Arts Therapy with Children and Families — This course is an overview
of art therapy, play therapy and creative arts therapies [music therapy, drama therapy and
bibliotherapy] in trauma - informed practice with children and families.
Therapy for money and / or work disorders typically involves more than individual and / or couples therapy and can utilize other, less financially costly, forms
of treatment, such as group therapy, support 12 - step groups and
bibliotherapy all as adjuncts to a primary therapeutic relationship.
This course is an overview
of art therapy, play therapy and other expressive arts therapies [music therapy, drama therapy and
bibliotherapy] in trauma - informed practice with children and families.
It is a combination
of play therapy techniques including games, art, and
bibliotherapy, paired with discussions about the child's feelings throughout the process.
Bibliotherapy is the use
of literature to bring about a therapeutic interaction between the adult and the child.
Contributors include experienced practitioners
of play, art, music, movement and drama therapies,
bibliotherapy, and integrative therapies, who describe step - by - step strategies for working with individual children, families, and groups.
According to «
Bibliotherapy: An Indirect Approach to Treatment of Childhood Aggression,» published in Child Psychiatry and Human Development, bibliotherapy helps children understand aggressive behavior, its cause, and how it negatively af
Bibliotherapy: An Indirect Approach to Treatment
of Childhood Aggression,» published in Child Psychiatry and Human Development,
bibliotherapy helps children understand aggressive behavior, its cause, and how it negatively af
bibliotherapy helps children understand aggressive behavior, its cause, and how it negatively affects others.
Given its efficacy
of dealing with complex topics,
bibliotherapy is also helpful for children trying to comprehend death or grief.
For children,
bibliotherapy is especially helpful because it taps into their sense
of curiosity, and presents complex topics in interesting and digestible pieces.
Bibliotherapy is a form
of counseling that uses counselor - selected books to help guide discussions and instigate change in a client.