Self help bibliotherapy:

Dr Neil Frewd on bibliotherapy.

https://reading-well.org.uk/news/reading-well-in-wales-mental-health-bibliotherapy-is-coming-home

https://reading-well.org.uk/books/books-on-prescription

https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/bibliotherapy/

http://www.relit.org.uk

Creative bibliotherapy.

Words in Mind

https://youtu.be/xoaQCNZpOwQ

Research into bibliotherapy from the University of Lancaster.

http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/bibliotherapy-illness-narratives-and-narrative-medicine(6ff43fac-a597-4318-b965-a6d3900a7be0).html

Julie Walker's creative bibliotherapy project covering the Leeds area, Julie is my mentor

http://wordsforwellbeing.com

Join me as I travel from Ancient Egypt, the mirtisan wards of medieval Baghdad, through Enlightenment Maine to 1830s radical Liverpool, the roaring 1920s Harlem to the groovy 1970s to explore how bibliotherapy developed over history. We meet some of the notable people who used books to heal and support our mental and physical health. Sources -Words Arts Collage by Peggy Heller, Wikipedia

https://mvslim.com/treatment-of-the-soul-healing-of-the-heart-muslim-physicians-and-their-important-contribution-to-mental-health/

Eleanors 'Going Medieval' blog

German archeologists reconstruct per ramessus here:

https://vimeo.com/194362703

Music from:

www.firstworldwarmusic.com

Gary and I talk about them comics we love, the ways comics reach parts of us that other books don't and of course, Marvel vs DC. Kirklees Recovery College: contact [email protected]

In this episode I interview Clare Walters, Focused Mindfulness practitioner about how her social enterprise is offering free support to Yorkshire carers and social care staff. We discuss mindfulness, building an emotional toolbox, self help books, vulnerability and the beauty of summer Swallows. To access the AS Wellbeing team: https://aswellbeing.co.uk/support-for-carers/ to train with AS and Clare's team: https://www.absolute-specialists.co.uk/recovering-from-covid-we-are-recruiting/

I interview poet Halima about her community based poetry groups, the fiction characters that inspire her and how the written word helps Halima with her own mental health. The writing group in Wakefield mentioned can be contacted on facebook @besocialious. Poem featured 'Orange' by Wendy Cope. You can find us on Facebook at Words In Mind Kirklees.

Words in Mind volunteer Noel shares his Wordsworth's 'Turn The Tables' and gives us a literary prescription in poem form.

I got together via a Zoom call to introduce Noel, who is a professional storyteller, educator and Biodanza tutor. We discuss the power of stories, optimism and pessimism, inspiring teachers and the many ways we can care for ourselves during this time of uncertainty.

Do you keep a diary? Today might be a good day to begin! In this episode I explore why May the 12th is an annual event of diary keeping.

I take time out in the garden to read aloud a couple of May themed poems in a slice of aural ecotherapy for anyone stuck indoors. With 100% organic Kirklees birdsong.

Join Emma and Erica as we meet the seductive spy Poet of the 17th Century England, Andrew Marvell and the Welsh Supertramp poet W.H Davies, who knows a thing a two about how to how to spend a lazy day. To round this episode off, one of the Words in Mind team Noel- best known for his tuneful Denby Dale sessions - plays us an acoustic cut of a classic, 'Your Song'.