You will be asked to bring with you a text of up to 500 words in the genre of your choice, which you have found of personal therapeutic value. This will form part of group exploration of bibliotherapy in action.
Course programme
Friday 2 October 2015
Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.
19:00 Dinner
20:30 The concept and contexts of Bibliotherapy
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday 3 October 2015
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Literature in the world of psychotherapy
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Existential theory and therapeutic practice - discussion of two case vignettes
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Experiential work in small groups using simple bibliotherapy methods and techniques
18:00 Free
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Continuing experiential work in small groups
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday 4 October 2015
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Practice self-referential session - whole group reading of Jane Davis' - 'The Reading Revolution'.
10:30 Coffee
11:00 The tutor explores a text he has brought, assisted by a group member.
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch
