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BIBLIOTHERAP

De-Stressed
Reading

in the
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21

century

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Distressed?
or

De-Stressed

Could
the
wrong
book
make
you
feel
worse
?

GR
O
TH W
Or is it
simply
that the
growth
process
is

TALES

METAPHO
R

SA

ER ES
IV
N EM
U
TH

SUSPENSIO
N OF
DISBELIEF

H
E
R
O
E
S

H
E
R
O
I
N
E
S

Joseph Campbell

que

VILLI
ANS

Engaging
with the
Text

COPING
SKILLS

empat
hy
Emotional
Intelligence

inspirati
INSIGH
on
Creative Arts
T
Therapy

understandi
ng
MEANI
Spirituality
NG
Secular world
in a

And why do you


think you crossed
the road.

JUN
G

Anima/Animus heroes & heroines


Shadow everything unacceptable projected villain
Symbol/Archetype transforms mundane
universal

Synchronicity plot thickener


personal development/self-acceptance

MarieLouise

1997

von
Franz
http://www.jungiananalystvt.com/Abo
utMarieLouisevonFranz.en.html

197
0

Narrative
structure
ol
b
Sym stic
i
n
o
c
i hr
c
Syn nts
eve
est
(T
s)

sso
(Le
n)

Call
to
Actio
n

Battle
The
Shadow

Process of
Individuati
on

MEMORY
TRIGGERS

Patterns of ink on a
page can create vivid
mental imagery and
instill powerful
emotions.

Stanford University,
2012
http://news.stanford
.edu/news/2012/septe
mber/austen-readingfmri-090712.html

fMRI

Ficti
on
a

l
u
m
i
t
S
n
o
-t i

SIM
U
A-T L
ION

BRAIN

Laurence
MusgroveTHEILLUSTRATEDPROFESSOR

Interactive

READER
RESPONSE
CRITICISM

Louise
Rosenblatt

193
8

http://
www.notesinthemargin.org/nonfiction-notes/literary-history-theory-/rosenblatt-louise/the-reader-the-text-the.

Since 1960s and 70s


transactional relationship
with the text

http://www.theillustratedprofessor.com/tag/louise-m-rosenblatt/

The writer does only


part of the job;
the reader brings the
rest.

R
A
E
EL
R
TU
U
F
M
O
C
.

Literature
and Mental
Health

Starts again
Sept.
5
FUTURELEARN
.COM

Joseph

Fiction can reflect


for you, like a
magic mirror, the
veiled parts of
your self
Fiction helps us
to rewrite our
stories, to revise
review and add
onto our stories,
so that we can
live our narrative
in a creative way.

Read for

JOSEPH
2
GOLD 2 00
199
0

Association of
Bibliotherapy
in Canada (ABC, 1990)
Association of Bibliotherapy and
Applied Literature (ABAL, 2000)
Canadian Applied
Literature Association
(CALA, 2011)

CALA
Purpose:
This is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary association of
professional workers from various relevant fields who have
joined together:

To promote the study and use


of literature, in all its forms,
as it applies to human wellbeing.
Relevant Fields:
Anthropology; Education;

Library and Information

Science; Literature & Language Studies; Medicine; Nursing;

BIBLIO/POETRY

THERAPY

TIME-LINE

100 AD Soranus, Roman physician, becomes the first poetry therapist in recorded history, prescribing tragedy for manic patients
and comedy for depressed patients to balance mood
1751 Pennsylvania Hospital becomes the first incorporated hospital in the US. Mentally ill patients are prescribed reading and
writing treatments, and patient work is published in their newspaper, The Illuminator
1916 The term bibliotherapy first used by Samuel Crothers
1928 Eli Greifer, poet, pharmacist, and lawyer, begins a campaign to show poetrys healing power
1932 Romanian-born Jacob Moreno introduces group psychotherapy to The American Psychiatric Association. Moreno founds
psychodrama, and uses the term psychopoetry to describe the use of selected literature in his work
1950s Group therapy models proliferate, some including theme-appropriate readings to help participants deal with their issues
1959 Eli Greifer facilitates a poetry therapy group at Cumberland Hospital with supervising psychiatrists Dr. Jack J Leedy and Dr.
Sam Spector
1969 Dr. Leedy joins Ann White, Gilbert Schloss PhD, and Morris R. Morrison PhD to draft first set of standards for credentialing in
the field of poetry therapy
1970s Several training institutes spring up, including the Poetry Therapy Institute founded by Arthur Lerner. Arleen Hynes, librarian
at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC, establishes the Bibliotherapy Roundtable. Morris Morrison founds the American
Academy of Poetry Therapy in Austin, TX. Jennifer Bosveld creates the Ohio Poetry Therapy Center and Library in Columbus
1976 Rosalie Brown appointed as first Federal Bibliotherapist
1980 Vice President of APT Sherry Reiter calls board meeting inviting field leaders to discuss creating a nationally recognized
creative arts therapy organization. Group includes Jack Leedy MD, Morris M Morrison PhD, Akhter Ashen PhD, Arleen M. Hynes,
Rosalie Brown, Art Berger MEd, George L Bell DiMn, Joy Shaman, Anthony Pietropinto MD, Deborah Sklarew Langosch MSW, Gilbert
Schloss PhD, Sherry Reiter MA.
On May 17, 1980, original board members sign this mission statement:
We propose to form a United Federation for the purpose of insuring Ethics, Standards, Uniform Training Requirements, in the field of
Biblio and Poetry Therapy, and, in addition, to discuss mutual problems and related professional matters.
1980 APT becomes National Association for Poetry Therapy, a national non-profit organization.
Arleen Hynes becomes steering committee chair and first President of the future National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy,
charged with being the certifying body for trained poetry therapists
1983 Incorporation of National Association for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (NFBPT)
2002 National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (formerly the NAPT Credentialing Committee) is established as totally
independent of NAPT for purposes of setting and maintaining standards of training and ethical practice, reviewing applications for
initial training and credentialing upon training completion. NFBPT thus becomes the only autonomous organization authorized to
grant certification or registration in poetry therapy
2002 NAPT becomes the official, independent membership organization for poetry therapists, applied poetry facilitators, and other
word arts practitioners, providing information and publications, support for education, research, and training, promoting growth of
the field, holding an annual conference, and more
2006 NFBPT credential renewal fees become independent of NAPT membership dues
2010 NFBPT requires continuing education training credit for all credential renewals
2012 NFBPT endorses the online Therapeutic Writing Institute as first approved training program in therapeutic writing
2014 NFBPT becomes International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (IFBPT)
April 2014 IFBPT sponsors first professional development symposium just prior to NAPT Annual Conference to foster awareness of

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR


BIBLIO/POETRY THERAPY

1980

http://ifbpt.org/about-ifbpt/history/

National
Association for
Biblio/Poetry (1983)

National
Association for
Poetry Therapy
(2011)

http://www.poetr
ytherapy.org/

BIBLIO?

Bibliotherapy Education
Project

Paula
McMillen
Dale Phersson

http://bibliotherapy.ehs.cmich.ed
u/

Oregon State University


1999

ReLIT
UK

Bibliotherapy Foundation,

Paula
Byrne,
Founder &
CEO
http://www.relit.org.uk/

THE READING
AGENCY
200
2

ading Well
oks on Prescription
Mood-boosting Books
Reading Well

Mood-boosting Books

42,000
libraries,
schools,
prisons,
colleges,
museums,
2013
workplace
s
http://ww
w.bbc.com
/news/hea
lth-21307
522

3 min. 6
sec.

Take two
books and
call me in the
morning .
.

http://www.thereader.or
g.uk/reader-videos.aspx
4 min.

The Reader, UK

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Alo he
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To
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Founded by
1996-7

Jane Davis

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Clinica Developmental
l
Diagnostic

NonAL med
ical
INSTITUTION
CREATIVE

DEVELOPMENTAL versus
CLINICAL
1970s
Rhea Joyce Rubin, librarian
Bibliotherapy Sourcebook
Using Bibliotherapy: A Guide to Theory and Practice.
One type, the science of bibliotherapy, is practiced by
trained mental health professionals: explicit, clinical,

diagnostic or institutional.
A second type ,the art of bibliotherapy, is similar to
readers advisory practiced by librarians: implicit,

developmental, and nonmedical.

BIBL
IO
STAR THERAP
Y
TER
KIT

Quest
que
cest?

P
O
E
T
R
Y

T
H
R
E
A
D
S

W
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G I
TI

197
5

JOUR
NALIN
G

197
8

Lynd
a
Barr
y
201
4

http
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T
O
N
a
k
c
i
ch
en

Bibliotherapy can take


many forms.

THE
SCHOO
L OF

Bibliotherapis
ts

Ella
Burthound
& Susan
Elderkin

Questionnaire 16 questions
Current reading habits
Reading loves and hates from childhood
45 minutes session
prescription = eight books
reasons for suggesting those books

The Mercantile Library

one of 17 remaining membership libraries in the


United States

The Center for Fiction

FRE
E

LIBRARIES

Bibliotherapy
Dates
1732 Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richards Almanac
1800 self-help supported
physical therapy
1853 John Minson Galt
published On Reading,
Recreation and
Amusements for the
Insane
1880 first medical
hospital library
1900 Europe mental
hospital libraries
1918 post WW1
prescribed for trauma

1923 Sadie
Delaney
1st
Bibliotherap
y program
Tuskagee
Veterans
1941 definition in Medical
Dictionary
1940s Caroline Shrodes
published dissertation

1961 ALA accepted definition in


Websters
1970 Bibliotherapy Round Table
1990s book clubs popularized
2003 self help authoritative
guides
2005 scholars focus on
developing tools and tests for
scientifically verifiable
outcomes and effects
2010 virtual reality models with
storied scenarios

DELANEY

Sadie

February 26,
1889 - May 4,
1958

Bibliotherapy
Dates
1732 Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richards Almanac

1800 self-help supported


physical therapy
1880 first medical
hospital library
1853 John Minson Galt
published On Reading,
Recreation and
Amusements for the
Insane
1900 Europe mental
hospital libraries

1918 post WW1 prescribed for


trauma
1923 Sadie Delaney 1st
bibliotherapy program
Tuskagee Veterans
1941 definition in Medical
Dictionary
1940s Caroline Shrodes
published dissertation
1961 ALA accepted definition in
Websters
1962 symposium ???

1970
Bibliother
apy
Round
Table
1990s book clubs popularized
2003 self help authoritative
guides
2005 scholars focus on
developing tools and tests for
scientifically verifiable
outcomes and effects
2010 virtual reality models with
stories scenarios

Arleen Hynes
Bibliotherapy Round Table
founder
National Association for Poetry
Therapy
"There was no place
to train for it, so I
taught myself. I
started running
classes in the
evenings with maybe
seven people, training
librarians in the
techniques."

BIBLIO/POE
TRY
THERAPY:
The Interactive
Process:
A Handbook

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091

H
T
O
I
L

B
I
B
Y
P
A

R
E

SELF-HELP

Bibliothera
pist
Clinic
al

Developme
ntal

Reade
rs
Adviso
adjun
dire
ry
ct
ct

University of Maryland
category

Counseling Center Collection by

AD
JU

NC
T

http://www.umaryl
and.edu/counselin
g/student-resourc
es/

Sacramento Public
Library

E
R
I
D
CT

Self-help
https://ww
w.youtube.
com/watch?
v=XrrnU4O8
THg

LITMED Literature Arts Medicine


Database

tags
ti o
a
t
o
n
an
ns

http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/fil
ter

Medical
Humaniti
es
NYU School of
Medicine
1993

Ho
me ok
up

VIRTUALITY

(greater Chicago area)

http://www.dglibrary.org/books/bookology

Downers Grove Public


Library

Lawrence Public
Library

http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/b
ooks-more/book-squad/

HCPL started its

Book
Hunter
s program in
November of
2010. About 50
librarians work
as reading list
consultants

Harri
s
Coun
ty
Publi
http://www.
hcpl.net/fo
c
rm/book-hun
ters-your-p
Librar
ersonal-rea
ding-consul
y
tants

(Housto
n)

Multnomah
County
Library

Multnomah County
Library

https://multcolib.org/my-lib
rarian

Rando
m
reading

YOURNEXTR
EAD

Literaturemap

http://www.literature-map.com/he
rmann+hesse.html

Whichbo
ok

http://www.openingthebook.com/whichbo
ok/

Developmental Bibliotherapy is NOT Diagnostic

Disclai
mer
Just in case:

Include a caveat.

Bibliotherapy is not a
replacement for medical needs,
mental or physical.

IDEAS

Display books by

therapeutic
themes;
combine fiction and
nonfiction

Healthy Reading
Packs Fiction
NonFiction
Poetry
How-to
Childrens book

Offer reading, writing, poetry and


storytelling

groups with

therapeutic intent
(Read aloud? Include a craft?)

online option using

Offer an
Facebook Pages

Crossdisciplinary
Partner with local
organizations, both public and
private

Link to

LitMed

on your website

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