A literatura como recurso terapêutico Literature as a therapeutic resource

Abstract

This article presents the literature as a therapeutic resource. The literature as a therapeutic resource can be written in prose or verse. It is an important tool in the psychotherapeutic process on Logotherapeutical approach. Although it has come a long way from its insertion in scientific academic field of psychotherapy, it had historical roots in the Art of Letters. The literature as a therapeutic resource should not be used indiscriminately, without criteria. This therapeutic tool cannot be catalogued as self-help literature, but as a tool used by professionals who assist people in a psychotherapeutic process.