Why I Recommend Books In Therapy.

A short one today.

This week is book week!

And while I’d love to come to work dressed as my favourite book characters, I feel it might look a little out of place. Though I am not giving up on the celebration because there is something so joyful about reminiscing on our favourite characters from when we were young.

Whether fictional or not, the stories we consume play a huge role in creating narratives of possibility in our brains. It’s the same as the concept of representation, “you can’t be something you can’t see.” Or perhaps to make it more relevant to therapy, you can’t be a version of yourself, if you can’t even imagine who that person is. For this reason, I recommend books to young people in therapy all the time. Because other people stories (both fiction or non-fiction) are a gentle way to introduce or prompt new ideas about the self.

So, this week, I’m turning book week into another excuse to recommend books to people under the guise of supporting your mental health. Over the next four days, I’m going to pump out four different lists of book recommendations – all covering different themes.

 Read at your own leisure.

 Until next time,

Courtney