ABSTRACT

This article explores how practitioners of creative bibliotherapy utilise diverse approaches and understand the therapeutic possibilities of their practice. Creative bibliotherapy involves the therapeutic use of literature by a non-clinical facilitator working with groups or individuals. It is distinct from clinical bibliotherapy as a therapeutic approach, which generally works with non-fiction self-help texts in clinical contexts. While clinical bibliotherapy has been well-studied, there is a paucity of research on creative bibliotherapy, which only gained momentum in Australia in the 2010s. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews with bibliotherapists in Australia we explore differences in the practitioners’ methods, approaches and backgrounds as well as the ideas of literature and wellbeing underpinning the practice. An inductive thematic analysis identified three key areas of difference: the therapeutic intentions of the practitioners, the diversity of the people they work with and their understanding of the role of literature in the bibliotherapeutic process.

摘要

本文探讨了创造性阅读疗法的实践者如何利用不同的方法并了解其实践的治疗可能性。创造性阅读疗法涉及非临床辅导员与团体或个人一起对文献进行治疗性使用。它与临床阅读疗法作为一种治疗方法不同，后者通常适用于临床环境中的非小说类自助文本。虽然临床阅读疗法已得到充分研究，但创造性阅读疗法的研究却很少，而创造性阅读疗法直到 2010 年代才在澳大利亚蓬勃发展。基于对澳大利亚阅读治疗师的深入定性访谈，我们探讨了从业者的方法、途径和背景的差异，以及支撑实践的文学和福祉理念。