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Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy (also referred to as book therapy, reading therapy, poetry therapy or therapeutic storytelling) is a creative arts therapy that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts. It uses an individual's relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy. Bibliotherapy partially overlaps with, and is often combined with, writing therapy. Distinct from the creative arts therapy is bibliotherapy as a supportive psychotherapy, a brief self-help intervention where through the reading of a chosen standard manual, emotion regulation skills are acquired through either behavioral therapy or cognitive therapy techniques. Two popular books used for this are ''The Feeling Good Handbook'' for cognitive therapy and ''Control Your Depression'' for behavioral therapy. The main advantage of this psychotherapy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is its cost-effectiveness, although, especially for complex presentations, CBT tends t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadie Peterson Delaney
Sadie Peterson Delaney (February 26, 1889 – May 4, 1958) was the chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, for 34 years. She is well known as a pioneer for her work with bibliotherapy. Biography Sadie Peterson Delaney, daughter of Julia Frances Hawkins Johnson and James Johnson, was born on February 26, 1889, in Rochester, New York. She attended high school in Poughkeepsie, New York, and also spent one year at Miss McGovern's School of Social Work.Gubert, B. K. (1993)Sadie Peterson Delaney: Pioneer Bibliotherapist ''American Libraries'', 24(2), 124-125. She was active in the Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church where she was recognized for her poetry and activities that ranged from being a Sabbath School teacher, to being a member of the sewing circle, to being President of the J. W. Hood Literary Society. She attended college at the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1919.Shaw, S. J. (1996). ''What a Woman Ought to Be and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arleen McCarty Hynes
Arleen McCarty Hynes (1916–2006) was a librarian, and later a Roman Catholic sister, who pioneered bibliotherapy. Hynes received the Dorothea Dix award for her contributions, including an important book that remains standard. She is, in the words of Shifra Baruchson-Arbib, "the person credited for creating the practical concept of modern bibliotherapy," and in the words of Dr. Nicholas Mazza, "one of the pioneers of biblio/poetry therapy." Early life and education She was born Mary Arleen McCarty, the daughter of Mary Gannon McCarty, who was born in Ballina Ireland, and Veatus Cantious McCarty, born in Iowa. She was one of a pair of premature identical twins, and her mother died in that childbirth. Because her father had seven other children to raise, she and her sister were brought up by a paternal aunt and uncle, Josie Dunn McCarty and James Maurice McCarty. After attending public elementary and high school, she graduated from Sheldon Junior College in 1936, and then atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel McChord Crothers
Samuel McChord Crothers (June 7, 1857 in Oswego, IllinoisCROTHERS, Samuel McChord in '''' (14th edition, 1926); p. 537–November 1927) was an American Unitarian minister with . He was a popular essayist.Editorial (November 13, 1927). Dr. Crothers As Essayist. '' |
Creative Arts Therapy
The expressive therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines expressive arts therapy and the creative arts therapies (art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, writing therapy, poetry therapy, and psychodrama). The expressive therapies are based on the assumption that people can heal through the various forms of creative expression. Expressive therapists share the belief that through creative expression and the tapping of the imagination, people can examine their body, feelings, emotions, and thought process. Definition and credentialing Expressive arts therapy is the practice of using imagery, storytelling, dance, music, drama, poetry, movement, horticulture, dreamwork, and visual arts together, in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development, and healing. Expressive arts therapy is its own distinct therapeutic discipline, an inter-modal discipline where the therapist and client move freely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
