SHELF‑Care: A Clinical Guide To Healing Through Reading

Field notes, research, and book‑based tools for real personal change.

SHELF Company book discussion on The Midnight Library by Matt Haig bibliotherapy book club Nov 01, 2026

Have you ever wondered about the life you might have lived if you had made a different choice?

Taken the job. Stayed in the relationship. Moved somew...

Continue Reading...
The Book Is Happening, Albeit Slowly book review Nov 01, 2026

My book pitch is now sitting with my book coach, Andrew Griffiths.

Andrew is an entrepreneurial futurist, global speaker, business mentor and bestsel...

Continue Reading...
Can Anyone Call Themselves a Bibliotherapist? Qualifications, Regulation and Professional Responsibility bibliotherapy psychoeducation shelf-care Oct 23, 2026

Is bibliotherapy a regulated profession in Australia? Can anyone call themselves a Bibliotherapist? Is bibliotherapy a regulated profession in Austral...

Continue Reading...
SHELF-Company Book discussion on The Yield by Tara June Winch bibliotherapy book club Oct 22, 2026

Keep us company on the SHELF.

Join our book discussion for reading, reflection and connection.

Some books stay with us long after we close the cover...

Continue Reading...
Books for Grief: How Bibliotherapy Helps Children and Adults Heal bibliotherapy grief Aug 04, 2026

Books for Grief: How Stories Help Children and Adults Heal

A gentle guide to using books and bibliotherapy to support grief, loss, connection and emo...

Continue Reading...
Books for Grief: Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten bibliotherapy grief Aug 04, 2026

Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten by Bob Graham is an excellent children's picture book for the SHELF-Care framework because it gently explores fear, assumpt...

Continue Reading...
Evidence-informed social work supervision that helps you think, grow and thrive cubic knowledge shelf-care Jul 28, 2026

Professional Supervision for Social Workers. Grow your confidence. Deepen your practice. Sustain your career.

Professional supervision is more than a...

Continue Reading...
Blissfully Slipping into Cognitive Decline (Post‑PhD Edition) phd Jul 20, 2026

I have slipped blissfully into cognitive decline. I fought it at first, but now I’ve accepted it as a normal part of the post‑PhD adjustment.

Alongsi...

Continue Reading...
The Intimacy of Being Read To: When Was the Last Time It Happened to You? bibliotherapy Jul 16, 2026

Does anybody read to you? I don’t mean at a public event or a poetry night. I mean the way someone read to you as a child: in bed, on the couch, just ...

Continue Reading...
The hidden codes inside Bambi and Mary Poppins. bibliotherapy shelf-care Jul 06, 2026

Bambi and Mary Poppins are two childhood classics many of us adore. The innocence, the heart‑tugging scenes, the emotional release from the music – th...

Continue Reading...
Bullied, Shamed, Misunderstood: The Hidden Power of Lived Experience at Work my book shelf-care Jul 05, 2026

Have you ever been stereotyped and labelled? Called names like the "working wounded" because at work you show emotion or talk about past harms?

It hu...

Continue Reading...
PhD Brain Is Real. Recovery Matters. bibliotherapy phd Jul 03, 2026

I submitted my PhD: Moving psychoeducation and bibliotherapy from self-help to SHELF-care: A consideration of Brene Brown's books through the lenses o...

Continue Reading...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9