Biblioterapia para enlutados : textos terapêuticos para o enfrentamento do luto

Abstract

Bereavement can be considered a deep feeling of melancholy and sadness that people go through after the death of someone close to them and of great importance in their lives. This feeling can be considered painful for people who are unable to accept someone's death, making it a time of distress and anguish for many. Coping with this situation requires a support network, and depending on the level of sadness of the bereaved, it is often necessary to seek treatment, which often depends on psychological support. Bereavement is a painful process divided into phases that human beings will go through, sometimes it can last a short time, sometimes it can last years or even a lifetime. Reading is an important ally that can help to cope with this melancholy phase, because the act of reading takes the subject to other places, causing feelings to dissipate, because at that moment the focus is on reading. In this context, Bibliotherapy is approached as it is an alternative therapy based on therapeutic reading, which can use literary texts or not. The aim of this study was to survey texts considered to be therapeutic in coping with bereavement. To achieve this goal, a search was made in the Information Science Database, analyzing the ten authors who have published the most on Bibliotherapy in Brazil. This is a basic study with an exploratory objective and a deductive method was used. The instruments used to support the research were a questionnaire and a literature review of authors who have published on the subject. A questionnaire was sent to the participants, all of whom are library professionals who work or research on the subject. The participants in this research have not yet worked with bibliotherapy for the bereaved, but based on their experiences, they gave relevant reading suggestions that could be used with this audience. The research had a satisfactory outcome and achieved the proposed objective.