Table of Contents
Permissions xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction to third edition Peggy Osna Heller xvii
Introduction: A Reader's Guide xxv
Use of the Handbook xxv
Materials for Training and Practice xxvi
Supplementary Materials xxvii
Part 1 Basic Understandings
1 Interactive Bibliotherapy: A Definition 3
Schools of Thought About Bibliotherapy 3
Comprehensive Features of Bibliotherapy 6
Definition of Bibliotherapy 10
Listening in Bibliotherapy 11
2 The Goals of Bibliotherapy 14
Improving the Capacity to Respond 16
Increasing Self-Understanding 20
Clarifying Personal Relationships 23
Enlarging Reality Orientation 26
Using the Goals 28
3 The Bibliotherapeutic Process 31
The Bibliotherapeutic Process Versus Education and Therapy 32
Literature as a Catalyst in the Bibliotherapeutic Process 32
Step One: Recognition 33
Step Two: Examination 35
Step Three: Juxtaposition 38
Step Four: Application to Self 40
Bibliotherapy as a Process 42
Effectiveness of the Bibliotherapeutic Process 45
Importance of Strengths in the Bibliotherapeutic Process 45
Part 2 Literature: The Tool of Bibliotherapy
4 Criteria for Choosing Bibliotherapeutic Materials 51
Thematic Considerations 53
Stylistic Dimensions 59
Applying the Criteria 63
Gauging the Potential of Bibliotherapeutic Materials 64
5 Strategic Choice of Bibliotherapeutic Materials 68
Responsibility for Choice of Bibliotherapeutic Materials 69
Influence of Participants' Life Circumstances on Choice of Bibliotherapeutic Materials 71
Strategies Pertaining to Genre and Media 77
Conclusion 81
6 Resources and the Management of Bibliotherapeutic Materials 83
Sources for Bibliotherapeutic Materials 84
Managing Bibliotherapeutic Materials 85
Part 3 The Bibliotherapist
7 Personal Traits of the Bibliotherapist 93
Empathy 94
Respect 96
Genuineness 98
Personal Characteristics 101
8 The Bibliotherapist's Responsibilities 106
General Procedural Decisions 107
Selection and Screening: Clinical Bibliotherapy 108
Recruitment and Screening: Developmental Bibliotherapy 111
Logistical Responsibilities 113
Social Boundaries 115
Therapeutic Boundaries 119
9 Strategies for Facilitating a Bibliotherapy Session 123
Basic Model for Introducing Materials Chosen by the Bibliotherapist 124
Modified Model for Use of Audiovisual Material 125
Modified Model for Use of Warm-ups and Complementary Material 125
Selections Made by Participants 129
Selections Made Outside the Group 131
Interventions in the Dialogue 132
Overview of Strategic Considerations 141
10 Facilitating Creative Writing 143
Creative Writing and the Bibliotherapeutic Process 144
Major Forms of Creative Writing 148
Resources 157
Part 4 The Participant
11 Assessing the Role of the Participant 163
Task-Supportive Functions 164
Nonproductive Roles in the Dialogue 165
Assessing the Participant's Responses 167
Personality Strengths and Divergencies 173
12 Dynamics of the Group in Bibliotherapy 176
Bibliotherapy as a Group Process 177
Dynamics Characteristic of Stages in a Group 182
Afterword 190
Appendices
A Biblio/Poetry Therapy Session Planning Resources 193
Hynes & Hynes-Berry Literature Review and Facilitation Plan 193
Sample Hynes and Hynes-Berry Four-Stage Biblio/Poetry Therapy Model Application for Group Film Discussions 195
B Professional Organizations and Journals 197
The National Association for Poetry Therapy 197
The National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy 197
The National Coalition of Arts Therapies Associations 198
The Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research, and Education 199
The Arts in Psychotherapy 200
C A Tribute to Arleen Hynes, O.S.B. (1916-2006) 201
Being Anointed by Arleen Hynes: A Tribute by Peggy Osna Heller 201
Arleen Hynes: Living as God's Poetry A Tribute by Elizabeth McCloskey 204
Poetry: An Avenue into the Spirit by Arleen McCarty Hynes Journal of Poetry Therapy (1990), Vol. 4, No. 2 205
Blessed and Delighted: An Interview with Arleen Hynes, Poetry Therapy Pioneer by Charles Rossiter Journal of Poetry Therapy (1994), Vol. 17, No. 4 215
In Memoriam Sister Arleen McCarty Hynes [May 13,1916-September 5,2006] by Geri Giebel Chavis Journal of Poetry Therapy (2006), Vol. 20, No. 1 222
D Updated Bibliography of Professional Literature and Resources 225
Bibliography of Professional Literature 261
Bibliotheraputic Materials Cited 281
Index 285
