BIBLIOTERAPIA: O TEXTO CERTO NA HORA CERTA EM PSICOLOGIA CLÍNICA

Abstract

Clinical Psychology is full of tools and techniques that vary according to each psychological approach. Although Bibliotherapy can be described as an enriching instrument to the therapeutic setting, this term is still little known among the various psychological approaches. This resource brings alternatives to the performance of psychologist in face of the patient’s demand. Bibliographic text may promote catharsis, thus bringing contact between the patient and his feelings and emotions. Considering the central place of words in the formation and the professional performance in psychology, this research aims to investigate how the using of literary texts can help the clinical process in Clinical Psychology. To achieve the proposed objective, a survey was carried out composed by 4 sociodemographic identification questions, 13 objective and 4 discursive questions about the knowledge of bibliotherapy and its use in the therapeutic setting. The survey was available through google forms, obtaining 20 participants. It can be said, from the collected data, that the reading is very used in therapeutic setting, but it doesn’t happen in a sistematic manner. The mediation of reading literary texts between psychologist and patient allows broadening perspectives, allowing the patient to identify and assess his emotions, develop his self knowledge and reduce anxiety, but this process needs to be carefully outlined, one case at a time.