Bibliotherapy: Process, Benefits, Effectiveness

Bibliotherapy is a creative arts therapy that uses literature and reading to assist individuals facing personal challenges and promote mental well-being. In this cost-effective form of therapy, books and stories are used in the therapeutic process and provide individuals with support, insight, self-awareness, understanding, guidance, or reassurance.1 Numerous genres of literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and self-help manuals, can be used in this form of treatment.