Writing Portfolio
Coming Soon
Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading.(The book)
Articles and Essays published by Bijal
Why Fiction As Escapism is Healthy
What are the Therapeutic Benefits of Reading?
20 Books on Understanding Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Simon Alexander Ong on Energizing His Readers
40 Books from 2021 You Need to Read in 2022
Therapeutic Fiction on Prescription — A Haitian Bibliotherapy Collection on Love, Loss and Grief
5 Wonderful Books to Help Your Children Through the Pandemic
40 Books from 2020 You Need to Read in 2021
Bibliotherapy: The Magical Healing Quality of Literature
Re-thinking Therapeutic Literature with Dr Kelda Green
Literature, Intimacy & Connection
Discover the Magic of Personalised Reading with Bijal Shah
Mahavir: Nirav Gudka’s Timely Children’s Book on the Revered Jain Tirthankar
How Book Therapy Began - A Personal Journey
What If Life Had An 'Undo' Button?
Two Dystopian Fiction Books to Read if You're Wondering How the Coronavirus Plays Out
Mamta Saha on the Therapeutic Power of Written Affirmations
Why books can stop you losing the plot
One of the Best Books on Family and Relationships You’ll Read
The Therapeutic Power of Stories (PESI UK)
40 Books from 2019 You Need to Read in 2020
Neha Hiranandani’s 50 Indian Female Mavericks You’ve Never Heard About
Girl Power! 50 Extraordinary Indian Women that Smashed Status Quo
Who Am I, the Identity Crisis Faced by Millennials Today
4 Gorgeous Picture Books for Children Celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights
Philly & Friends, An Exciting New Publishing House for Diverse Children's Books
A Fabulous New Book on Mastering Your Own PR
Matt Zurbo: 365 kids books in 365 days
2019's Best Summer Nonfiction Reads So Far
French for Kids and Some Fabulous Bilingual Children's Books
Interview with Pirjo Suvilehto, Finnish Bibliotherapist and Doctor of Philosophy & Literature
Love Fiction? 6 Delightfully Anticipated Summer Reads from Around the World
The Power of Self-love and Book to Get You Started
The Therapeutic Power of Voice Journaling
Michelle Obama's "Becoming"- A Book Review
Three Fabulous Books for Two Year Olds
Why audiobooks are perfect for parents and four great ones to start the year.
Book Therapy's Best Books of 2018
Life is Too Short for the Wrong Books and Why We All Need a Book Curator
7 Books on finding greater connection to people and life
3 Non-fiction reads that are going to be huge this fall
A Child-hugging Robot for the Nuclear Family
Four fiction books you need to read this Autumn
The best books of 2018 so far…
Why Literary Fiction is My Favourite Form of Therapy
A Novel Literary Advice Service: introducing Book Therapy
Weekend Reads — 29 June to 6 July 2018
Literature’s 13 most unusual books
Weekend Reads — June 22 to June 29 2018
The Japanese books that are making loneliness popular
A Book Prescription for a trip to New York
A Book Prescription for Meghan Markle
Don't chase happiness, chase this instead.
Bibliotherapy is everywhere I look
Four invaluable books to help you transform your writing from good to great
Help your child become a lifelong reader
Why we need to adopt these words for happiness in other languages
Poems published by Bijal
Letting your children go (A Poem)
Life's A Series of Journeys (A Poem)
My Favourite Book Therapy Quotes
Transactional Relationship (A Poem)
Short Life Advice for my Kids (A Poem)
It's Ok Not to be Happy All The Time (A Poem)
No, I Don't Want to Pursue YOur Dream (A Poem)
The Corporate Bully vs The People (A Poem)
My Heaven and My Hell (A Poem)
Books
The Happiness Mindset: 12 Strategies for Happiness and Success I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Younger
Literary Guides
Literary Travel Guide to New York: What to Read and Where to Visit
Meditations on Khalil Gibran's The Prophet: What Gibran's Poetry Fables Teaches Us About Life
Writing Therapy: A Self-Therapy Literary Guide
The Power of Poetry as Therapy: Reading and Writing Poetry As Therapy
Literary Travel Guide to London: What to Read and Where to Visit
A Literary Guide on Dealing with Friendship Break Ups
15 Minute Shorts
Say Hello to Happier, More Resilient Kids
A Short History of Warren Buffett
Eudaimonia, The Art of Flourishing
Creative Writing Techniques Inspired by New York Times Writers
A big hello and thank you for reading! Passionate about literature, psychology, and life I launched Book Therapy as an alternative form of therapy using the power of literature. I train mental health professionals, librarians, teachers as well as readers on using bibliotherapy in their own work through our online Bibliotherapy, Literature and Mental Health course. We also curate reading lists/personalised book prescriptions for clients based on their individual needs. This is our signature personalised reading service.
You can also check out Book Therapy’s other free reading lists and A- Z of book prescriptions (covering both fiction and non-fiction). These suggest books based on your existing life situation (e.g. anxiety, job change, relationship heartache) as well as interests (e.g memoir, historical fiction, non-fiction, crime etc). There’s also a Children’s A — Z of Book Prescriptions. Feel free to check out the blog for more literary gems. There’s also a post on my personal story of how I entered the world of bibliotherapy and book curation.
In this role, I have had the opportunity to publish a book called The Happiness Mindset, and write various literary essays and pieces for newspapers and magazines. I have undertaken bibliotherapy workshops for The United Nations, various libraries in New York and corporate organisations in the UK and US. My book recommendations have featured in the Guardian, Marie Claire, NBC News, Asian Voice, New York Observer, Sydney Telegraph and various other publications. If you are a parent you might enjoy a podcast I’ve recorded with speech and language therapist Sunita Shah on Raising A Reader & Storyteller. And if you’d like to connect, email me at bijal@booktherapy.io or www.booktherapy.io.
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