December 2024 Updates From Me
Happy Friday!
Hope you’re doing well and looking forward to the start of the festive season. I wanted to share a few items that might be of interest as we wind down for the holidays :)
1. Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah — Season 2 is out now!
After a short break, the podcast is back with fresh content and bibliotherapy resources. To recap in this podcast, I share my knowledge and research on bibliotherapy, including the latest developments, science and book recommendations. We release two episodes a week:
1. Voice Notes from Me, Your Resident Bibliotherapist.
2. Ask the Bibliotherapist: Book Recommendations for What’s On Your Mind
If you’d like access to the transcripts, do subscribe to my substack, Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah — Transcripts on Substack.
In the first episode released on Wednesday, we focus on Carl Jung & Bibliotherapy!
Listen here: and as always, would love to hear from you!
If you’d like to catch up on all the episodes of Season 1, you can do so.
2. Bibliotherapy in the BACP’s University & College Counselling Journal November 2024 Issue
A great week for bibliotherapy in counselling circles :) I penned an article on Bibliotherapy and the Power of Words in the BACP’s University & College Counselling Journal November 2024 Issue and you can read it here.
3. Our Best Books of 2024 List is out!
40 Best Books from 2024 to read in 2025 across a variety of genres with reviews for each one. You can read it here and I hope it inspires your winter reading list!
4. Gifts for the Holiday Season
Whether it’s for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary or another special occasion, you might find some inspiration in our Book Therapy collection as thoughtful gifts for book lovers, writers or thinkers such as our signature Bibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health online course or Personalised Book Prescriptions as well as Bibliotherapy Sessions and Bookish Accessories. Whether it’s something therapeutic, heartfelt or meaningful, these will be sure to delight, soothe, and offer hope for those going through difficult times. And don’t forget to use discount code GIFTS for 10% off at checkout.
5. Two Brand New Courses in 2024
This year we published two brand new courses across very niche subjects:
- Indian Rasa Theory & Bibliotherapy
- Books and Tennis.
I hope you find them helpful and enjoyable :)
Take care and wishing you the very best for the holiday season ahead!
Warmly,
Bijal
Founder, Book Therapy
Originally published at https://www.booktherapy.io on November 29, 2024.
You might also enjoy the following articles:
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40 Books from 2021 You Need to Read in 2022
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
Is Bibliotherapy Effective? It is Evidence-based?
And also our online courses:
Bibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health
Children’s Bibliotherapy Skills
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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