Division 42 Bibliotherapy Project

Bibliotherapy involves utilizing readings as a part of an individual’s psychotherapy. Practitioners may assign books or sections of books to their patients or clients to read and then discuss them together in subsequent treatment sessions. For some individuals the use of readings in conjunction with psychotherapy may prove to be a very powerful and meaningful intervention. But, deciding which books to use for bibliotherapy out of the thousands that may be available can be a daunting challenge that may limit practitioners’ use of this important treatment adjunct.

The Division 42 Bibliotherapy Project provides independent practitioners with reviews of books that may be suitable for inclusion in patients’ treatment. The reviews cover a wide range of topics and are relevant to the treatment needs of a wide range of individuals. It is hoped that these reviews will be a valuable resource for independent practitioners who will be guided by them in their selections of books for bibliotherapy.

Initial reviewers are graduate students of the editor who have volunteered to contribute to this project. I express my sincere thanks to each of them both for their contributions to this project and for the richness they have contributed to me professionally and personally in my association with each of them. I also invite all others to contribute to this project, students and practicing professionals alike. Submissions of reviews of all books that may be utilized in bibliotherapy are encouraged. However, please first contact the project’s editor so that duplication of effort can be prevented.

The Reviews have been broken into categories, listed below. We are moving the reviews to this site from the old site for the next month (thru March, 2010). By then, they should all be posted below.