This study aimed to explore a Taiwanese woman's self-guided bibliotherapeutic experience in dealing with emotional difficulties resulting from her father's violence. The research question is: How did a Taiwanese college student employ self-guided bibliotherapy to relieve her negative emotions and thereby confront family violence from her father? The sources of data collection included a demographic questionnaire, Microsoft Network (MSN) interviews, and bibliotherapeutic materials. The Model of the S-P-R-I-N-G Theory was chosen as an analytical framework to discuss the collected data in that the model can mirror the woman's successful self-guided bibliotherapeutic process. The results of this study put weight on the importance of self-guided bibliotherapy, which contributes to its practice, theory, and research. Educationally speaking, teachers, school counselors, and librarians may value the theory and apply it on campus. In addition, interested researchers may work on identical or further studies to make a significant contribution to the practice, research, and theory of self-guided bibliotherapy.
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