Bibliotherapy - The Healing Power of Reading Virtual Book Club Q&A with Author Bijal Shah (Part 1)

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Over three book club Q&A sessions starting Wednesday 20th March (a month apart on the third Wednesday of each month - see below) we discuss each section of the book, Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading: linktr.ee/booktherapy_by_bijal

This video details covers the first session held on Wednesday 20th March: Bibliotherapy - What it is? And how it works. Plus we discuss its history and the books that have been instrumental to therapeutic reading. And of course, the books that have inspired us.

Join us for future sessions as outlined below:

2. Wednesday 17th April (8.45pm to 10pm GMT): Bibliotherapy Journeys - we discuss some of the client stories in this section and any universal life themes that might have resonated with us. We also discuss how we can use and incorporate some of the creative bibliotherapy techniques mentioned into our own lives.

3. Wednesday 15th May (8.45pm to 10pm GMT): Curating our own reading lists, swapping book recommendations and reading goals.

Simply join using the following google meet link:
Also make sure to grab a copy of the book at:

or at any bookstore that you shop at: linktr.ee/booktherapy_by_bijal

A little bit about me:

A big hello and thank you for watching! 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 two books called Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading () and 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.