Defines bibliotherapy as an approach that helps people solve their problems through reading books. Discusses the process of bibliotherapy, its various applications, and its limitations. (BH)

Explains how the author uses bibliotherapy, healing through the use of books, as a counseling device. She includes a bibliography of books she has found useful, along with the problems she has used them in conjunction with. (HMV)

Covers practical step-by-step procedures of both traditional and interactive bibliotherapy, with an emphasis on the interactive process. Discusses benefits and problems of setting up a bibliotherapy program in the school. (NB)

Presents descriptions of novels for adolescents which can be useful in school counseling. Topics include alienation and identity, athletics, close friend or sibling rivalry, death and dying, divorce, drugs and alcohol, ethics, handicaps, homosexuality, mental illness, rape, prejudice, parents, religion, school, sex, suicide, crime, pregnancy and…

Encourages teachers and counselors to become aware that there are some fine adolescent novels available that portray teenagers wrestling with difficult questions about being Jewish in today's world. Presents annotated list of novels categorized according to general concerns regarding Judaism (being different, religious practices, interdating and…

Discusses bibliotherapy as a nonconfrontational way for school counselors to help socially isolated adolescents. Offers five points which counselors should consider before undertaking a bibliotherapy program with these students. Considers the use of both books and audiovisual materials in the program. (NB)

Discusses use of bibliotherapy by school counselor. Provides bibliotherapy resource list on these topics: abandonment, abortion and pregnancy, aging, alcoholism, anorexia nervosa, belonging, child abuse, dating, death, delinquency, divorce, drug abuse, family relationships, friendship, identity, inferiority, love, maturation, prejudice, rebellion,…

Bibliotherapy is one way of helping children who are victims of abuse. Some children's novels vividly describe situations of child abuse. Counselors may want to consider using recent junior novels in counseling abused children. Novels identified here describe the hesitancy of abused children in asking for help from teachers. (Author/BEF)

Assessed the effectiveness of structured group counseling and explicit bibliotherapy compared to individual counseling/wait list for junior high school students (N=48) from changing families. Students in the prevention groups rated the help they received more positively than students counselled individually. (JAC)

Annotated bibliography offers sources that can be accessed to obtain valuable information on the topics of child abuse, alcoholism, foster care and adoption, divorce and stepfamilies, and learning disabilities, as well as other categories. (NB)