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Doll, B. and Doll, C. (1997). Bibliotherapy With Young People: Librarians and Mental Health Professionals Working Together. Englewood, Colorado :Libraries Unlimited, Inc.,
(124 pp., $23.00 Pb, ISBN: 1-56308-407-4)
Different authors use different definitions, speak of different types of children and describe different activities when they write about bibliotherapy. Conversations about the practice of using literature to counsel children and young adults often become heated debates about all facets of the practice: Should bibliotherapy be practiced in classrooms? Who is qualified to conduct a bibliotherapy lesson? Which young people should be considered for such an approach? Beth and Carol Doll have succinctly addressed these questions in Bibliotherapy With Young People and have provided teachers, librarians and counselors with a structured framework for understanding an important therapeutic approach to working with students. The authors review the inconsistent definitions of bibliotherapy provided in the professional literature and offer a helpful summative definition of bibliotherapy as a continuum ranging from simple reading guidance to comprehensive programs of psychotherapy. Throughout the book, the authors use the terminology of developmental bibliotherapy to refer to the type conducted in school settings and clinical bibliotherapy to refer to those requiring the leadership of a...