Literature & Writing Therapy

The connectedness between health, healing, and literature is significant.

• True

• False

The therapeutic use of literature as a healing tool in counseling is known by a variety of names, i.e...

• Bibliotherapy

• Bibliocounseling

• Poetry therapy

• Scriptotherapy

Bibliotherapy from the Greek words "biblion" meaning "book" and "therapeio" meaning "healing".

• True

• False

Scriptotherapy from the Latin roots "scriptum" meaning "thing" written and "therapia" meaning to "nurse" or "cure".

• True

• False

Below are the types of bibilotherapy, except...

• Holy Bible/Al-Qur'an

• Novels

• History books

• Biography books

• Diaries

Below are the types of scriptotherapy, except...

• Diaries

• Novels

• Journals

• Autobiographies

Below are the types of literature for children, i.e...

• Storybooks

• Fairy tales

• Nursery rhymes

• Video or audiotapes

Biographies and autobiographies are especially relevant to adolescents population.

• True

• False

Self-help books and films are especially relevant to adolescents population.

• True

• False

Old letters, personal memories, and interview with others are especially relevant to older clients population.

• True

• False