SHELF‑Care: A Clinical Guide To Healing Through Reading

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

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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Read to Heal: Bibliotherapy at an online Book Club bibliotherapy book club Dec 29, 2024

Our online Bibliotherapy book club meets the third Wednesday of every month, at 6pm AEST (Brisbane time). Open to all. Read to heal, learn and grow. R...

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Overcoming FEAR to present and win speaking awards. bibliotherapy phd psychoeducation speaker gigs Sep 18, 2024

This is a funny story of fear and how I turned the acronym False Evidence Appearing Real into Face Everything and Rise.

My PhD research was accepted ...

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Contribute to PhD research: make a difference by discussing a Brene Brown book you read.  bibliotherapy book club brene brown phd popular culture psychoeducation Apr 15, 2024

Have you ever: 

  1. faced a life-changing experience that created a mental well-being challenge for you, AND  
  2. read one of Brene Brown’s books, AND 
  3. ...
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How bibliotherapy can help mental health professionals bibliotherapy industry partnership psychoeducation Apr 02, 2024

Psychoeducation has long been a favoured intervention of mental health professionals. It is a theory that encompasses and recognises the inherent know...

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Bibliotherapy: three ways reading a book can heal you bibliotherapy phd Mar 01, 2024

Words can help, heal, hurt or hinder. Books are made up of words so therefore, books can help, heal, hurt or hinder. Some we keep as precious treasure...

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Charles Darwin University PhD research on Brene Brown readers bibliotherapy book club industry partnership phd Feb 28, 2024

PhD researcher, Megan Bayliss, is undertaking PhD research in conjunction with Type Face Books as her Industry Partner. Megan is a Social Worker inter...

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What constitutes Psychoeducation for Mental Health accredited Social Workers bibliotherapy phd psychoeducation Feb 27, 2024

Psychoeducation is one of the allowable therapies under Australia's Medicare system of community based mental health care. That  doesn't mean it is a ...

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