“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, in the words and the space around them.

At Bibliotherapy Australia, this work is shaped through Heart-Centred Bibliotherapy, a presence-led, invitational way of working with story.

A story may be read, listened to, or met quietly on the page.

Stories are thoughtfully selected and offered to be met 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.