Counsellers, Application of Bibliotherapy in Their Clinical Work

This study investigates bibliotherapy application in University counseling centers in Tehran. Discriptive methodology was applied to collect the data. A questionniare made by the authors was distributed to the counseling centers of the Following universities: Tarbiat Moallem, Shahid Beheshti, Tehran and Alzahra. A total of 34 out of 55 counselors participated in the research. The study results showed that bibliotherapy is an effective tool for treatment of the mind mental disorders like anxiety and depression. But the majority of the participants believed that bibliotherapy may help as a supplementary tool in treatment of the severe mental disorders. As many as 20% of participants believed that librarians collaboration to bibliotherapy could be help both couselors and the peoples with mental disorders.