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Female divorcees in Korea face a unique set of problems after theirdivorce, some of which are related to the divorcee's financial, interpersonal,and mental health. In particular, if a woman has not achieved economicindependence from her husband, she becomes especially vulnerable tomental illnesses such as major depressive disorder(MDD). Factors suchas guilt arising from not having fulfilled her responsibility to maintainher family add to the pain the divorcee suffers and further deepens theillness. This paper, therefore, introduces a case study that aims to test EmilyDickinson’s poetry as a means of humanities therapy for female divorceesin Korea. Just as marriage is a choice, divorce is also a choice, and itis important for the divorced women to decrease the sense of guilt, restoreconfidence, escape from the fear of the future, and recover from despairand hopelessness. As a result of the humanities therapy using EmilyDickinson’s poetry, the female divorcee introduced in this case studyshowed significant decrease in all of the scales in KDS (Korean DepressionScale), including depressed mood and negative thoughts about the future.
