bibliotherapy

Questions

What does bibliotherapy mean?

A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.

Where does bibliotherapy come from?

Etymology tree English biblio- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English bibliotherapy From biblio- + therapy.

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