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The Role of Humor, Music, and the Arts
Published in Gerry R. Cox, Neil Thompson, Death and Dying, 2020
Many people have benefited from what is known as “bibliotherapy” – that is, receiving therapeutic help through reading. This will often be based on reading non-fiction works around death and dying and loss and grief more broadly, with a view to having a fuller understanding of the emotional maelstrom they are going through. However, works of fiction can have a similar effect. Reading the story of someone, albeit a fictional person, who is wrestling with the same issues can have a very positive therapeutic effect. Voice of Experience 13.2Although I rarely read fiction myself, I have found that recommending particular works of fiction to clients can prove very beneficial. The right books can really resonate strongly with people who are struggling with loss and grief issues, and that can be a very valuable coping resource for them. I have also found that poetry works well for many people, although not for all. But these things are certainly useful tools in my repertoire.Jodie, a bereavement counselor
Integrative Attachment Informed Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (IAI-CBPT) for Children With Medical Trauma
Published in Lawrence C. Rubin, Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life, 2017
Therapeutic goals (to process the trauma narrative by a specific session) must never impede the sense of safety. As safety increases, the ability to step up to a higher tier is created and the treatment can become more like standard CBT for children. Within IAI-CBPT, narrative is used in several ways. First, bibliotherapy is used for psycho-education and to address clinical issues that are like the presenting problems of the child. For medical trauma, this may include personalization of their understanding of the illness or injury. Second is Problem/Solution Narrative, which includes the issues brought to the session that relate to concerns since the last appointment that are articulated with speech or through play. Initially the child’s version of the story may only include the problem. With or without therapist intervention, the child may use therapy to consider solutions for the problem. Third, Trauma Narrative is a specific story presented by the child, typically with the assistance of the therapist, to express traumatic events. For instance, a child who was in a car accident may have a trauma narrative that includes both the accident, the emergency care, and ongoing medical care. Having healing and resiliency narratives that are within the trauma narrative or that follow are helpful for the child.
Development of palliative medicine in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Published in Eduardo Bruera, Irene Higginson, Charles F von Gunten, Tatsuya Morita, Textbook of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, 2015
Prayer is a powerful form of coping that helps people physically and mentally. Nearly 60% of Americans report praying daily [92]. Prayer is a communication or conversation with divine powers or a "higher self." Prayer is practiced by all Western theistic religions and several of the Eastern traditions (e.g., Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Taoism). Group prayer is associated with a greater well-being and happiness, while solitary prayer is associated with depression and loneliness [93]. Worship and religious rituals are encouraged by most religions. It is important to recognize that potentially therapeutic elements of worship include music, aesthetic surroundings, rituals, prayer and contemplation, and opportunities to socialize with others [94]. Bibliotherapy involves the use of literature to help gain insight into feelings and behaviors and to assist with positive coping. All major world religions have a text that their followers view as holy and use as a source of comfort, wisdom, and guidance [95,96].
An inquiry into the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for children with intellectual disability
Published in International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Mahsa Mehdizadeh, Zohreh Khosravi
Bibliotherapy is the use of reading for emotional change and personality development. It plays an essential role in the formation and modification of human values. The fundamental assumption is that this effect indicates a special and predictable change in attitude or behavior (Russell and Shrodes 1950). Bibliotherapy has three parts: Identification, catharsis, and insight. Identification, through characters, situations, and elements of the story, enables the reader to see their problem from a different perspective, thus gaining hope and getting free from tension (Lenkowsky and Lenkowsky 1978). Richardson Lack (1985), believes in two forms of bibliotherapy: developmental and clinical; this classification is based on how children are engaged in reading books. In the developmental bibliotherapy, the focus is on the development of personality as a whole, but clinical bibliotherapy is focused on special issues (emotional or behavioral problems).
Psychotherapy of adjustment disorders: Current state and future directions
Published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2018
Matthias Domhardt, Harald Baumeister
The group of Maercker developed a self-help manual for AD applying a stress-response syndrome model, similar to that outlined in the beta draft of the ICD-11, which can be applied as a bibliotherapeutic (Bachem and Maercker 2016) or as an upcoming e-mental-health intervention (Maercker et al. 2015). The CBT-oriented self-help manual specifically designed for the group of burglary victims comprises several modules (screening for AD symptoms, psychoeducation, checklist if face-to-face psychotherapy was more appropriate, sense of self, coping, activation and recovery) that consist of proven exercises from therapeutic interventions for PTSD, anxiety disorders and depression (Maercker et al. 2015). The components of this stand-alone intervention address symptoms of preoccupation and failure to adapt and are to be worked through in about 4 weeks. The effectiveness of the bibliotherapeutic version of the self-help manual was empirically tested in an RCT in a sample of burglary victims with clinical or subclinical symptoms of AD (Bachem and Maercker 2016). The intervention group showed greater improvement in the AD symptoms of preoccupation and in post-traumatic stress symptoms compared to a wait-list control. This study is in line with the evidence on bibliotherapy for other mental disorders (Gregory et al. 2004), suggesting their efficacy as a first intervention step for patients with AD.
A comparative study of guided vs. pure self-treatment for premature ejaculation
Published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2018
Philippe Kempeneers, Robert Andrianne, Marion Cuddy, Isabelle Georis, Quentin Longrée, Sylvie Blairy
On the other hand, it should also be kept in mind that the treatment effects observed in this study might have reached a ceiling level, and that supplementing bibliotherapy with minimal or substantial therapist support might not greatly influence outcomes, just as some authors had found it in the field of anxiety and mood disorders at least (Den Boer, Wiersma, & Van de Bosch 2004; Farrand & Woodford, 2013). Further studies manipulating the extent of therapist input would be required to determine this matter.