Bibliotherapy Updates From Me :)
Happy Thursday!
Hope you’re doing well and had a wonderful start to the new year. I wanted to share some exciting updates :)
1. New Bibliotherapy Courses
Firstly, super excited to share our BRAND new course on Group Bibliotherapy that launches at the end of this month!
Pre-order with code: PREORDER and receive 30% off. You’ll receive a link to access the course on 28 February 2025.
Plus catch up on our new Indian Rasa and Bibliotherapy Course, that launched towards the end of last year.
2. Doctors Using Bibliotherapy
A great week for bibliotherapy in doctors’ circles :) I will be speaking at an event organised by Klip Global who are holding a Bibliotherapy Charity Event for The Poppy Factory and Doctors in Distress — more details to come but here’s some info at this initial announcement.
3. Valentine’s Day Discount
For loved ones — that special someone, a family member, a friend — or just something for yourself, give the gift of bibliotherapy with all our bibliotherapy offerings (personalised book prescriptions,bibliotherapy courses and bibliotherapy sessions). It’s perfect for that book lover in your life! Plus get 30% off with code VALENTINE.
4. Book News
My book, Bibliotherapy, The Healing Power of Reading, will be out in the US on 29th April 2025! You can pre-order nowhere and get a 30% discount.
The book just released in India plus the Slovenian, Bulgarian and Turkish translations were recently published too. And the Portuguese one is coming soon!
If you’re based in other countries you can order from Blackwells UK and get free shipping to your country.
5. Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah Podcast + Substack — Catch Up on Seasons 1 and 2!
If you’d like to catch up on all episodes of the podcast, you can do sohere ,with corresponding transcripts here: Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah — Transcripts on Substack. I hope you find them helpful and enjoyable :)
Thanks for reading, have a wonderful day ahead.
Warmly,
Bijal
Founder, Book Therapy
You might also enjoy the following articles:
Bibliotherapy Techniques — What Are They and Do They Work?
Bibliotherapy: The Magical Healing Quality of Literature
How Can Re-writing Your Narrative Help You Gain Closure
And also our online course:
Bibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health
A big hello and thank you for reading! Passionate about literature, psychology, and life I launched Book Therapy as an alternative form of therapy using the power of literature. I train mental health professionals, librarians, teachers as well as readers on using bibliotherapy in their own work through our online Bibliotherapy, Literature and Mental Health course. We also curate reading lists/personalised book prescriptions for clients based on their individual needs. This is our signature personalised reading service.
You can also check out Book Therapy’s other free reading lists and A- Z of book prescriptions (covering both fiction and non-fiction). These suggest books based on your existing life situation (e.g. anxiety, job change, relationship heartache) as well as interests (e.g memoir, historical fiction, non-fiction, crime etc). There’s also a Children’s A — Z of Book Prescriptions. Feel free to check out the blog for more literary gems. There’s also a post on my personal story of how I entered the world of bibliotherapy and book curation.
In this role, I have had the opportunity to publish a book called The Happiness Mindset, and write various literary essays and pieces for newspapers and magazines. I have undertaken bibliotherapy workshops for The United Nations, various libraries in New York and corporate organisations in the UK and US. My book recommendations have featured in the Guardian, Marie Claire, NBC News, Asian Voice, New York Observer, Sydney Telegraph and various other publications. If you are a parent you might enjoy a podcast I’ve recorded with speech and language therapist Sunita Shah on Raising A Reader & Storyteller. And if you’d like to connect, email me at bijal@booktherapy.io or www.booktherapy.io.
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Originally published at https://www.booktherapy.io on February 13, 2025.
