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#Reading can support mental health too.

A systematic review of randomized clinical trials found that #bibliotherapy (structured reading used in treatment) can reduce depressive symptoms and may have lasting benefits.

#Books are not a replacement for care when someone needs help, but they can be a real part of healing.

#mentalhealth #literature #readingcommunity #book #booksky #BookTok #booklovers #bookstagram #bookstodon @bookstodon

Readit Club Apr 4

Finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, it was a difficult read for deeply personal reasons. Like Theo, I lost my mother and father at around the same age.

Tartt shows the aftermath of trauma - and the many ways people try to numb it: addiction, depression, lies, escape. None of it really heals the wound.

It’s a long, powerful, deeply human novel - the kind of book that stays with you. Perfect for #bookclub discussions, and maybe even for #bibliotherapy.

#books #bookstodon
@books

Project Gutenberg Mar 20

Winnie‑the‑Pooh at 100: this much‑loved classic illustrates how books can boost our wellbeing

Children can learn so much from books that sustain us and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and healing in our mental health.

by Lucy Stone

https://theconversation.com/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-this-much-loved-classic-illustrates-how-books-can-boost-our-wellbeing-277528?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2019%202026%20-%203710437951+CID_7e993527a11575b14ccd1c2ab7c57cb9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Winnie-the-Pooh%20at%20100%20this%20much-loved%20classic%20illustrates%20how%20books%20can%20boost%20our%20wellbeing

Winnie‑the‑Pooh & The house at Pooh Corner at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73011

#books #children_literature #bookillustration #bibliotherapy

Rumpy Feb 25

Sometimes, the best therapy is getting lost in a good book. It allows you to escape, explore, and find solace.️ #Bibliotherapy

Bagolina Jan 5

#bibliotherapie #bibliotherapy
https://actualitte.com/article/128492/tribunes/pourquoi-la-bibliotherapie-seduit-de-plus-en-plus-de-publics
Sadie Peterson Delaney, née en 1889 dans l’État de New York, poétesse, militante pour les droits des femmes et formée au travail social, choisit en 1921 de devenir #bibliothécaire, convaincue que les #livres sont des leviers d’émancipation et de réparation sans équivalent Son parcours bascule en 1924 lorsqu’elle rejoint l’hôpital de Tuskegee, en Alabama, où sont accueillis notamment des vétérans traumatisés de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Pourquoi la bibliothérapie séduit de plus en plus de publics

Lectrice de toujours, autrice et praticienne confirmée, Céline Mas retrace ici le chemin qui l’a conduite à la bibliothérapie. De la découverte fondatrice de Sadie Peterson Delaney à la construction d’une méthode croisant littérature et sciences cognitives, elle raconte une pratique exigeante, engagée, et profondément ancrée dans le réel. Un témoignage à la première personne qui éclaire les enjeux, les responsabilités et les promesses d’un accompagnement par les livres.

ActuaLitté.com

Bodling Dec 19, 2025

Very good piece on uses of literature helping us deal with grief and loss.

And about analysis if deep writing.

Plus, if you don't get all the fan fervor about Tolkien and 'Lord of the Rings' this might open it all up for you.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/tolkien-grief-lord-rings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.908.r3ZQ.hLuOFGKyOvHV&smid=url-share

#LOTR #Tolkien #bookstodon #bibliotherapy #grief #literature #fantasy

Opinion | Why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Endures

How providence and loss helped shape “The Lord of the Rings.”

The New York Times

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BramblyBearWhuffling Sep 5, 2025

I wonder if this is why cosplay is so compelling? Acting?

Make art.

Why I love Mercy Thompson and Dresden Files urban fantasy books?

Watching The Witchblade? Her deep-voiced long howling screachrage holler as blade shoots out of gauntleted hand?

Reading, watching, acting out conflict sequences to physiologically resolve stress response in body so it doesn't hang around in body causing physical harm?

#Bibliotherapy

Rumpy Sep 1, 2025

Sometimes, the best therapy is getting lost in a good book. It allows you to escape, explore, and find solace.️ #Bibliotherapy