The idea that reading is therapeutic goes back many centuries. Over the entrance of the library in ancient Thebes was the inscription, "The Healing-Place of the Soul." The notion persists today, as we subscribe to the value of reading to children and the infirm. Many social workers, psychotherapists, and counselors share literature with their clients. The formal use of literature in clinical practice is known as bibliotherapy. Narrative therapy is a form of bibliotherapy in which the counselor uses fiction with their clients.
This site is dedicated to the idea that stories can be comforting, inspiring, or even empowering, and as such they can be therapeutic for readers. Our purpose is to spotlight individual short stories that may be therapeutic for readers in certain circumstances. Contributors to the blog are not therapists themselves, but each writer offers a personal, heartfelt appreciation of the potential therapeutic value of a story.
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