Self-help books and bibliotherapy: Reflections for Turkey

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2011-05-29

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Tanrikulu, Ibrahim

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The purpose of this study is to explore the use of self-help books with therapeutic aims; and to propose suggestions by discussing the present situation of self-help books in Turkish cultural context. Taking these aims into account, the existing literature on self-help books is initially reviewed, and a picture of the self-help books in Turkey is drawn regarding the current status of bibliotherapy. Considering Turkey, there firstly exists a confusion in differentiating between self-help books and self-development books. In addition, Turkish self-help books are mainly translations of popular western self-development books lacking the elements of Turkish culture. Thus, original Turkish self-help books are required for personal uses of the readers and professional therapeutic practices. And there is a need for further investigations regarding Turkish context as to how mental health practitioners and clients conceive and make use of self-help books.

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Self-Help Books, Bibliotherapy, Counseling

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63771

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.361

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2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance (WCPCG)

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I. Tanrikulu, “Self-help books and bibliotherapy: Reflections for Turkey,” Antalya, TURKEY, 2011, vol. 30, p. 0, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63771.