people read books for a lot of different reasons. some read for fun. some read out of boredom. the rest read as a form of therapy — to overcome depression, to manage an illness, or simply to lift them up from their everyday gloom, there’s always a book for every situation that would help them through it.

that’s what bibliotherapists are there for.

the article on this is quite long so i’ll leave you this link in case you’re interested.