ABSTRACT
In a typical interactive bibliotherapy group meeting, the facilitator and group members are seated in their chairs, which are arranged in a circle to encourage cohesion and interaction. When the selection is to be made in the group setting, the facilitator must bring in an adequate number of anthologies, textbooks, or loose copies of poems taken from the files. Although the bibliotherapeutic material is most often chosen by the facilitator or by participants in the group setting, there are times when it is very effective to have the participants select material between sessions. Nondirective facilitations implicitly communicate the therapist's empathy, respect, and confidence in the individual participants. Moreover, the facilitator will find that there are many occasions in which the most effective nondirective affirmation or encouragement is a nod, a murmur of approval or sympathy, a smile, or a gesture.
