**ORPARC Training** Healing Children with Books

Internationally known bibliotherapist, author, poet and "book curator" Bijal Shah joins ORPARC to close out library week! She will treat us to a lovely conversation centered around supporting kids in care through therapeutic children's books. Content will be applicable to parents, therapists, workers, teachers and community partners.

Register here or call 800-764-8367

Bijal Shah is a book curator, bibliotherapist, freelance journalist, author, and poet. Bijal completed a diploma in psychodynamic counseling. She integrated this skillset with her passion for carefully curating books for others. Bijal helps clients find the perfect books for personal interest and mental well-being. Her book recommendations have been featured in the Guardian, the BBC, Marie Claire, NBC News, Asian Voice, and various other publications. Bijal has also undertaken bibliotherapy workshops for The United Nations, various corporate organisations in the UK and US and a variety of libraries in New York and London. She also has a podcast with speech and language therapist Sunita Shah of The Jai Jais on Raising A Reader & Storyteller. Bijal is also a mum of two and currently resides in Hampstead, London. In February 2024, Bijal released her newest book called Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading (available in the ORPARC Library).