Bibliotherapy is the right form of therapy for me

If you know me, you would also know

That for actual therapy I would never go

But my unresolved issues processing need

In some form I need (cheap) therapy indeed

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An avid reader I happen to be

Living my life through books vicariously

I get infatuated with or feel protective towards

Characters in books, I want to inhabit their worlds

Some characters have come close, I confess

To becoming my alter-egos, in my immersive reading process

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Therefore the concept of bibliotherapy

Was one that sounded quite appealing to me

If anyone including a therapist would recommend

Any book to me, my default intent

Would be to try to read it- therefore when I was “prescribed”

Books that would help me uncover and describe

My latent emotional state, I read through

All of them- reading is at the heart of what I do

To bring peace into my chaotic life anyway-

But reading a curated list was transformative, I must say

The books were carefully chosen for my unique situation

Some led to catharsis, others to self-examination

Some resonated loudly with my existing values

Others made me discard old beliefs and new ideas choose

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The idea of facing someone to provide therapy

Is somehow quite intimidating for me

Therapy packaged as a book, on the other hand

Is exactly what I need, the world around me I understand

Best by reading books of all genres voraciously

Therefore therapy I should seek in the form of bibliotherapy