Apa itu Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy telah dikenal dengan banyak nama, misalnya biblocounseling, biblioeducation, bibliopsychology, library therapeutic, biblioprophylaxis, tutorial group therapy, dan literatherapy (Rubin, 1978). Webster (1981) mendefinisikan bibliotherapy sebagai “guidance in the solution of personal  problems through directed reading.” Berry (1978) mendefinisikan bibliotherapy sebagai a family of techniques for structuring an interaction between a facilitator and a participant…based on mutual sharing of literature”.