Formação e perfil do profissional na área de biblioterapia no Brasil : um estudo exploratório

Abstract

Bibliotherapy is one of the research areas of Librarianship, known for the use of reading, especially books, for therapeutic purposes, this being a beneficial activity for users of different types and applied in libraries, schools, hospitals, digital environments, among others. It is also characterized for being a multidisciplinary practice, in which professionals from different areas of knowledge act in favor of social welfare. Given these assumptions, this work presents as a general objective: to characterize the training and the profile of professionals who work in the area of Bibliotherapy in Brazil. Regarding the specific objectives, we sought to characterize the area of Bibliotherapy within a historical and contemporary perspective; identify the skills and abilities required to work in this area and verify in the opinion of professionals involved, the challenges for the application of Bibliotherapy. It was used the exploratory and descriptive methodology, with qualitative and quantitative approach, supported by bibliographic survey, having as instrument of data collection a questionnaire composed of closed and open questions, applied by digital platform Google forms, to 14 professionals who develop bibliotherapy practice in Brazil, chosen through convenience sampling. As results, it was found that professionals in the area have heterogeneous education and profile and work in different spaces: physical and digital. Regarding the competencies and skills listed, it was found that professionals need to have good communication, empathy, dynamism, taste for reading, among other aspects listed. Among the challenges for the application of Bibliotherapy in Brazil, most of the respondents mentioned the lack of specific training in the undergraduate course on the theme. It is concluded that bibliotherapy configures itself as an area of knowledge that needs to be further explored in practice and with a broad possibility of application in different spaces and contexts, with recognized importance found in its genesis and evolution and with possibilities of working together with professionals from different areas, in the mediation of reading for therapeutic purposes.