Book Nook - Bibliotherapy Resource: May 2015

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Title: Queen Bees And Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence

Author: Rosalind Wiseman

Themes: Adult Reference, Anxiety, Bullying, Communication, Coping Skills, Depression, Friendship, Individuation, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Social Skills

Age Recommendation: Adult Reference

Title: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

Author: John Gottman, Ph.D.

Themes: Adult Reference, Communication, Coping Skills, Developing Perspective, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Social Skills

Age Recommendation: Adult Reference

ABOUT THIS BLOG

Bibliotherapy is a technique that can be employed to help navigate life's challenges at any age, but is an especially helpful tool when working with children and young adults.

This blog is dedicated to sharing bibliotherapy resources with families, clinicians and the community at large.

Simply put, bibliotherapy introduces important, and oftentimes difficult themes from a safe distance. As we engage in the process of understanding a problem and discovering solutions through the lens of a book, we develop the ability to then generalize those same solution-oriented skills to our own struggles.

Reading develops emotional and mental strength that other modalities of sharing ideas and information cannot replicate. For example, watching a movie made from a book is a different experience than reading the book itself. When we watch a movie we surrender our own creative interpretation of the story to that of the filmmaker; we are removed from the potential of creating an otherwise deep and personal relationship with characters and events that are depicted with written words and animated by our own imagination.

This blog is organized by themes and age group recommendations. I have also included a number of reference books for clinicians and parents. Reference entries will not contain summary or intervention sections. Please comment, share your own insights, and make recommendations for more resources as frequently as possible!