Method of bibliotherapy traced to Ancient Greeks
- Ancient Greeks had inscribed above the entrance to a library in Thebes, the words 'healing place for the soul.'
- At the end of the nineteenth century, Sigmund Freud began using literature during psychoanalysis sessions.
- After WWI, a course of reading has often been prescribed to traumatised soldiers.
- Later in the century, bibliotherapy was used in varying ways in hospitals and libraries, and more recently by psychologists, social and aged-care workers, and doctors.
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