Readdressing Love & Its Issues - Bibliotherapy Session at HELP

Bibliotherapy at HELP Readdressing Love & its Issues. 2nd July 2011 at 1.00pm - 2.30p.m. Flowing Insights Programme designed & facilitated by Psychotherapist Ms. Kunjal Shah “The unexamined life is not worth living.”- Socrates “Whether its understanding our relationships better.. or we are going through a tough time in life due to specific problems or reasons, or if we are simply looking to “up” the game of life to the next phase or level- these sessions will certainly pave the way. Flowing Insights sessions are designed for you in such a way, that you will be better able to reach the answers you seek. The topics are large and general enough to cover a huge range of issues. Your practice of the process you experience here, and the professional assistance I lend, will provide you with a road to resolve your specific problem from its root. You may check back your trial experiences of insights gained and fine tune the approach back in your life through later sessions. That’s the beauty of these sessions- it will not end in a single talk- It will end after you apply the insights learnt and come back with feedback and questions for more clarity and fuel for your journey in the next session. The springboard for these sessions is You and Dr. Peck’s book: The Road Less Travelled. If you’ve read the book, going to read the book, or not read the book, it matters less. Your presence, some motivation and a little bit of openness is what’s required. MS.Kunjal Shah: Your Psychotherapist & Counselling Psychologist during “Flowing Insights’ Programme”. The Programme is divided across three main topics to be covered in a span of minimum 7 sessions: a) Stagnation and Monotony Vs Love, Healing and Growth. b) Pains, Problems, Manipulations Vs Freedom, Health and Enrichment of Relationships. c) Understanding our Resistances, Checking our “tools” & Onto our own roads to be travelled. Venue: HELP Library, 206,Dr.D.N.Road, National Insurance Building, Gr Floor, CST,Mumbai - 40001. Date: 1st & 3rd Saturdays (1st session = 2nd July) Time: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Fee: Rs.350/- Per session. (Number of sessions to attend is upto you and your comfort)

“Flowing Insights Programme” : Bibliotherapy

Guest Post by Ms.Kunjal Shah - Psychotherapist
I’m very happy to announce that from 18th June, I will be facilitating, in capacity of a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, such Bibliotherapy sessions with HELP library at VT, Mumbai on a fortnightly basis. The book selected is The Road Less Travelled

What is bibliotherapy? Well, these sessions are soon going to begin here in Mumbai that I will be designing and facilitating. On this account, today’s article is on Therapeutic value of books and their discussions..

Lets take a light, fantasy filled classic for example- Alice in Wonderland, which talks about simply, GROWING UP! It unconsciously takes our mind on a journey acquainting us with the range of emotions we may experience while going through that sort of change- where the old has lost it’s value and the new seems pleasantly or unpleasantly different. How often do we come across this sort of a change?- change of job? getting a job? getting used to changes in people around us? getting in the dating scene? Entering in a committed relationship? opting for a different health regime and actually staying on it? .. The list is endless and the therapeutic use of this book (when used well), vast.

On the other hand there’s The Road Less Travelled. It shares Dr. Peck’s version of a map of life from his professional (psychotherapist) experience and the journey of his clients. So he directly talks about-events, approaches, attitudes, suggested solutions, processes, etc- that pertain to the problems-big, tiny or small. The book (when used smartly) allows an individual to look squarely at things we face everyday, in various forms and intensities- rejection, success, loss, tolerance, love, romance, rebirth, transformation, death, joy, hopes, miracles, etc. So when, how and whom can bibliotherapy with this book benefit? The answer is obvious- at any stage of adult life. Whether its an ill person in the family one has to take care of, or understanding our own disorderliness and mental blocks, if we are going through a tough time in life for whichever reason, or simply looking to “up” the game of life on the next phase or level- bibliotherapy through this book certainly paves a way.

There is a condition though, that applies in using help, guidance or a starting point or material for discussions from books- as discussed in the prior article- the ideas and solutions presented or perceived from the books are not writ in stone! These ideas require examining, trial & error (under an experienced facilitator preferably), sharing-editing-retesting of experiences and thus learning what’s best for us practically.

Bibliotherapy is thus, help and healing through books, carefully selected by a bibliotherapist and conducted through reading jointly, or having a post-reading discussion, or through activities designed to apply the written word in real life or a combination of these methods.

I’m very happy to announce that from 18th June, I will be facilitating, in capacity of a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, such Bibliotherapy sessions with HELP library at VT, Mumbai on a fortnightly basis. The book selected is The Road Less Travelled. (see

http://helplibrary.blogspot.com/2011/06/workshops-on-biblio-therapy-flowing.html

Best wishes for the journey, see you there!

If you have differing ideas and book and venue suggestions- do write to me. You may leave a comment here or at: kunjal.s.psy@gmail.com

Bibliotherapy is help and healing through books.

Workshops on Biblio Therapy - Flowing Insights

Bibliotherapy refers to book therapy or a list of books that may be helpful in understanding a newly developed problem, a diagnosis, or suggested treatment. Knowledge is power and the more you understand, the better you will be able to place your problem in perspective and inquire about or discuss your concerns with mental and medical health practitioners, as well as concerned family members.

Introducing - Workshops on Biblio Therapy - “Flowing Insights” Saturday, 18th June, 2011 at 12.30p.m. An introductory session on fortnightly workshops on Biblio Therapy - "Flowing Insights" by Ms.Kunjal Shah. The book selected for bibliotherapy is The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck. It is a beautiful book on Living. It has a psycho-spiritual background. To register please call HELP Library: 65952393/ 65952394 / 22061101