bibliotherapy

The following guest blog post is on the CPTSD Foundation website. Thank you for reading! My Story in Brief A Dragonfly Mosaic: My Journey from Fear to Love is the working title of the memoir I’m currently writing. It chronicles a lifetime shaped

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a landmark anti-war novel that blends satire, science fiction, and historical fiction to explore the psychological impact of war trauma. Through the experiences of Billy Pilgrim, a survivor of the Dresden

“The book isn’t just about Cosmo’s journey. It takes a hard look at the lives we live, the monotony we assume is part of adulthood, and the mediocrity we’re content to settle for. Through Cosmo’s shoes, the reader’s perspective is quietly opened

Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha is a slim novel that carries an enormous amount of wisdom—wisdom that feels even more relevant today than when it was written. Blending Eastern mysticism with Western ideas such as individualism, it tells the story of a

Finding Peace in a Fractured World: Lessons from Olive Branches Don’t Grow on Trees When a reviewer described my debut novel, Olive Branches Don’t Grow on Trees, as “healing,” I was deeply moved. In that moment, I felt I had accomplished one of

The first book in my bibliotherapy series explores a subject that often exists beyond language—grief, and our attempts to find comfort and consolation in its wake. In Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Max Porter offers healing through prose

Bibliotherapy is a creative arts therapy that promotes self-understanding and emotional healing through literature. By engaging with fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, readers gain insight into their own experiences, explore difficult emotions,