How do Existential Psychotherapists Experience the Use of Bibliotherapy with Clients?
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https://doi.org/10.65828/cjf3pr23Keywords:
Bibliotherapy, existential, phenomenological, psychotherapyAbstract
Bibliotherapy is the use of literature to facilitate the psychotherapeutic process and therapeutic reading is often used as an adjunct to various psychotherapy modalities. This paper presents a talk reporting on the initial findings of the use of bibliotherapy in existential psychotherapy, as three existential-phenomenological therapists have experienced it.
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