Bibliotherapy is a form of what?

• A. Medication
• B. Group therapy
• C. Homework
• D. Psychoeducation

Answer: (C)

Bibliotherapy uses reading as a therapeutic tool that a clinician assigns for the patient to do outside of sessions. The act of selecting and engaging with specific books or passages is meant to help the person learn new skills, gain insight, and apply coping strategies in real life. That preparation and practice between visits is why it’s best understood as a form of homework.

It isn’t medication, which involves pharmacological treatment. It isn’t group therapy, since bibliotherapy typically centers on an individual reading and reflection process, though it could be used alongside group work. And while it can include educational elements about a condition, its primary therapeutic mechanism is the active, self-guided work the patient completes as homework to reinforce what’s learned in therapy.