Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic intervention that uses stories and narratives to offer insight about personal dilemmas, teach cultural traditions, and assist in fostering various facets of identity development. For adolescent Black boys, exploring stories with protagonists that look like them, who come from similar cultural backgrounds and contend…

Bibliotherapy (use of books to help people deal with problems in their lives) can be very useful in helping blind people adjust to their loss. Criteria for material selection should address matters of reading preference, education and work history, prognosis, and nature of the adjustment problem. (CL)

Bibliotherapy can help children prepare for and understand the death of a loved one. An annotated bibliography lists references with age level information on attitudes toward death and deaths of a father, friend, grandparent, mother, pet, and sibling. (Author/CL)

Applications of bibliotherapy to disabled students facing the transition from school to work are examined. Group discussion, role playing, reading aloud, and creative writing are suggested as bibliotherapy techniques. An annotated bibliography lists 11 references. (CL)

Outlines the use of poetry in a grief-training session for medical professionals in which poetry is used to sensitize and draw forth feelings participants might encounter in the medical field when dealing with the death of children. (SR)

Describes the use of bibliotherapy by Eva Renate Stoltzenberg, librarian at the Central Hospital in Bremen-Ost in the Federal Republic of Germany. (DD)

Outlines strategies for helping young children deal with social and developmental problems through reading--bibliotherapy. Recommends books in a number of problem areas confronting young children, including adoption, anger and other emotions, family relationships, fear and fantasy, foster care, moving, peers and school, single-parent and blended…

A rationale is presented for the use of bibliotherapy with students who are gifted. Teacher responsibilities and the bibliotherapeutic process are explained. The process is then applied in a unit on perfectionism in literature for high school students and for elementary and middle school students. (JDD)

Explores the use of the Bible as a resource in therapy. Provides a Bible Resource Subject Index, and offers several techniques on the use of the Bible in individual and group therapy. (SR)

Emphasizes the importance of a "check-out" place within a professional therapist's life to prevent burnout and promote positive wellness and self-renewal. Recommends specific metaphorical and poetic exercises that clinicians can use in dealing with the past, the present, and the future. (RS)

Addresses the issue of child sexual abuse, providing contextual information about the problem, such as the fact that in 85-95% of cases, the offender is known to and trusted by the victim. Discusses positive and negative influences of general children's literature noting that children are greatly influenced by situations depicted in books. Focuses…

Describes problems of children in adoptive care and the use of bibliotherapy by parents who adopt children. Includes a list of 20 books which relate to adoption and provides suggestions for follow-up activities. (RJC)

Describes children's typical reactions to divorce and practical techniques that teachers and caregivers can use in helping children deal with divorce. The use of bibliotherapy is described as a means to help children. An annotated bibliography of select literature is provided, along with descriptions of developmentally appropriate activities that…

Examines the British fairy tale "The Buried Moon" from a Jungian perspective, discussing how it can provide inspiration, and a reminder of the renewal of dark times for caregivers, healing professionals, and the clients they serve. Offers a brief case study to illustrate this. (SR)

Discusses the use of bibliotherapy in the context of family therapy as a means of helping stepchildren resolve confused family roles and loyalties. Criteria for selecting materials, samples of effective children's literature, and limitations of the bibliotherapeutic approach are discussed. (Author/RH)