Bibliotherapy-Family Changes
Written by Kristin Tallackson, M.A., LPC
Bibliotherapy is a creative art therapeutic approach that uses literature to aid in the therapy process. Children’s books can be an excellent clinical tool to support children’s exploration and understanding of their world and life experiences. This is a great tool I often give to parents in order to continue the therapeutic work outside of the office. Many children identify with the characters in the book because they are overcoming the same obstacles. There are several list I have created, ranging in topics from anger to grief. This week I’m sharing resources on family dynamics.
Family dynamics can be ever changing. Changes happen with marriages and divorces, adding to the family through birth or adoption, and creating blended families. Transitions can be difficult for kids to understand. Bibliotherapy is a great way to help kids process and create a safe space for open dialogue for the transition.
A Forever Family: A Book About Adoption by Roslyn Banish
Tell me Again about the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
Stanley’s Little Sister by Linda Bailey
Lola Reads to Leo by Anna McQuinn
Do You Sing Twinkle? by Sandra Levins
Step One, Step Two, Step Three and Four by Maria Ashworth
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman and Carlos Rivera
You’re All My Favorites by Sam Mc Bratney
Because I Love You So Much by Guido van Genechten
Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
The Divorce Helpbook for Teens by Cynthia Macgregor
Two Homes by Claire Masurel
My Two Homes by Claudia Harrington
Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson
Do I Have A Daddy? by Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Don’t Forget I Love You by Mariam Moss
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen
How Do I Love You? by P.K. Hallinan
I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Little One by Lisa Wheeler
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse
No Matter What by Debi Gliori
At Daddy’s on Saturdays by Linda Walvoord Girard
If you are struggling with life transitions, contact us to see how counseling for life transitions could help you process the changes in your life.