The purpose of this study is to examine public librarians’ experiences and thoughts about responsibility as a leader before, during and after bibliotherapy sessions. The following questions were used to answer the purpose of the study: 1. How do librarians describe the requirements needed to lead bibliotherapy in public libraries? 2. How do librarians describe their own role during bibliotherapy? 3. How do the librarians describe their responsibility in the meeting with the participants? The method we used consisted of semi-structured qualitative interviews focused on librarians who were trained in bibliotherapy and had experience in this method in a public library setting. The material from the interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. The theory used consisted of Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective and concepts linked to leadership styles. The results regarding requirements needed to lead bibliotherapy show that the librarians described this based on different competencies as well as personal characteristics. Regarding the librarian’s role during bibliotherapy, this could be described as a combination of situation based and democratic leadership styles. Furthermore, there were variations in how the librarians took part in the bibliotherapy sessions. Regarding the meeting with the participants, being a fellow human emerged as something central, but there were limits to what this could accommodate in this bibliotherapy setting.