Bibliotherapy activity with users of Centers of Psychosocial Attention in the UFSC Central Library

Abstract

This research aims to relate the experience of a bibliotherapy activity performed at the UFSC Central Library with the users of the Centers of Psychosocial Attention (CAPS) of Florianópolis. The study also shows the importance of dialogue and actions between different institutions as an important way of thinking about interdisciplinarity in the field of library science and in the area of mental health. The bibliotherapy activity was developed by reading two pre-selected works: “The tremendous friendship” by Wolfgang Slawski and “The boy Nito” by Sonia Rosa. This report points to the importance of bibliography as an action that can cause catharsis, releasing emotions and effects that are often suppressed in situations. Reading allows the opening of new horizons and allows the reader to construct his inner world as a declaration and empowerment. The construction of this research report had as its main motivation, or the thematic axis 2: Nobody is left behind, in the 28th Brazilian Congress of Library, Documentation and Information Science.