“The closest thing to a hug.”
The Guardian
describing Dr. Susan McLaine’s bibliotherapy work
You do not need to know anything about bibliotherapy to begin.
Bibliotherapy begins with the meeting between reader and story.
A story may be read, listened to, or met quietly on the page.
Stories are met with presence, through words and the space between them.
It is offered, to be received in each person’s own way.
A slower, more attentive way of reading, where the quality of the encounter is valued over the quantity of reading.
