Bibliotherapy: Reading as Therapy Online
Reading can be a wonderful escape and offers so many benefits. Join us to learn about fascinating historical attitudes regarding reading as a therapeutic activity, including time periods when books were formally prescribed to patients. Historian Mary Mahoney will present an overview of bibliotherapy, and then bring us to the present with thoughts about reading during our modern-day pandemic. Since some people are reading more during this time, while others are finding it hard to focus, the speaker will lead a brief discussion and offer suggestions for reading reflection prompts as a way to nourish your life as a reader, even when it can be difficult to concentrate enough to read. A Grab ‘n’ Go “Bibliotherapy Kit” with items to enhance your reading experience will be available for registrants to pick up.
Our speaker: Mary Mahoney, historian and Digital Scholarship Coordinator at Trinity College.