Using Bibliotherapy in Clinical Practice

Pardeck provides mental health professionals with readily available information on self-help books that can be effectively used with various clinical problems. The materials presented can also be used by those not necessarily trained in clinical intervention; this group would include parents teachers and librarians. The approach offered--bibliotherapy--is an emerging clinical technique. There are over 400 self-help books presented and annotated that focus on chemical dependency coping with change family violence and dysfunctional families parenting personal growth serious illness social relationships and divorce and blended families.