Dynamic Bibliotherapy Field of study: Art Therapy
Programme code: W3-S1AR19.2024

Module name: Dynamic Bibliotherapy
Module code: S1_AR_BD
Programme code: W3-S1AR19.2024
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
Purpose Familiarizing the student with the main directions of polymodal therapy with the use of literary text, providing knowledge in the field of behavioral-cognitive and psychodynamic approaches in bibliotherapy. Description of learning content The scope of the lectures includes arrangements related to the needs of recipients requiring support, the essence of metaphorical communication, mediated experience, and the possibilities of diagnosing the patient through expression undertaken during polymodal interpretation of the text. In addition, issues related to the genre theory and the structure of the world of the presented text from the perspective of therapeutic potentiality will be presented. Examples of therapeutic fairy tales in various approaches will also be analyzed. During the workshops, practical activities will be undertaken to exemplify the subject matter in the field of bibliotherapy theory, including the use of multi-sensory activity in order to explain the meanings of the text with emphasis on the needs of the target group (residents, patients, pupils struggling with specific dysfunctions or disabilities).
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student knows the regularities of bibliotherapeutic impact, including the possibilities of supporting the patient through mediated experience [AR_BD_01]
 ART_W06 [3/5]
The student knows the model of dynamic bibliotherapy in the behavioral-cognitive and psychoanalytic approach [AR_BD_02]
 ART_W07 [2/5]
The student knows how to apply the bibliotherapeutic process to improve the mental functioning of patients in different target groups [AR_BD_03]
 ART_U08 [3/5]
The student is able to reflect on cultural transmission (literary text) and make a constructive critique of its content and scope of applicability in aid activities [AR_BD_04]
 ART_K02 [4/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
workshop [AR_DB_WR] 15 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Value-based methods – expressive methods [c09]  		course work AR_BD_03 AR_BD_04
lecture [AR_DB_WY] 15 Lecture-discussion [b02] 
Value-based methods – affective methods [c08]  		course work AR_BD_01 AR_BD_02
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Production/preparation of tools, materials or documentation necessary for class participation [a05] Preparation for classes
developing, preparing and assessing the usefulness of tools and materials (e.g. aids, scenarios, research tools, equipment, etc.) to be employed in class or as an aid when preparing for classes
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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