Pages & Play: The Power of Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy on Young Minds
Claim This Podcastby Bijal Shah & Freya Howard
Podcast Overview
<p>Hi! It's Bijal from Book Therapy and Freya from Play Refuge, and we are SO excited to introduce our new six-part podcast series, Pages and Play: The Power of Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy on Nurturing Young Minds which brings together bibliotherapy and play therapy to explore how books and play can shape young minds.</p><p><br></p><p>Each episode blends science, stories, book recommendations, and practical play tips to support adults and children. The series tackles key topics including building emotional literacy, embracing diversity, reducing anxiety, navigating grief, and raising teens, offering real-world strategies for parents, educators, and anyone curious.</p><p><br></p><p>Please do subscribe to it wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss an episode!</p><p><br></p><p>Look forward to having you on board :)</p><p><br></p><p>Freya and Bijal x</p><p><br><br></p><p>#bibliotherapy #playtherapy #podcast #parentingpodcast</p>
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Publishing Since
3/19/2026
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Recent Episodes
May 1, 2026
Episode 6: Supporting Teens and Young Adults Through Play and Books
In this final episode of Pages in Play, we explore the transformative journey from adolescence into young adulthood—and how bibliotherapy and play therapy can support young people through this complex stage. Teenagers are navigating big questions around identity, belonging, relationships, and purpose. In this episode, we unpack how stories and play create safe, powerful spaces for self-exploration, emotional processing, and connection. We discuss: Why adolescence may extend into the ear...
April 24, 2026
Episode 5: Navigating Grief and Loss Through Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy
In this episode of Pages and Play, Freya and I discuss how bibliotherapy and play therapy can support children and adults navigating grief and loss, reviewing grief models including Kübler-Ross’s stages (noting its origins and nonlinearity), Lois Tonkin’s “growing around grief” metaphor (fried egg), and Shelly Gilbert’s upward-spiral model. We discuss how literature and poetry act as emotional translators through identification, catharsis, and insight, and introduce the “mirrors, windows, doo...
April 17, 2026
Episode 4: Supporting Anxious Children Through Play and Books
Hi everyone, we are half way through the series already! I hope you have enjoyed the first three episodes to date, and we are delighted to bring this fourth episode of “Pages and Play” where Freya and I explore how bibliotherapy and play therapy can support a child by enabling them to externalize their fears through story and symbolic play, and support their nervous-system regulation and emotional literacy. We discuss research from Jonathan Haidt on the decline of play-based childhood a...
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- What is Pages & Play: The Power of Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy on Young Minds?
<p>Hi! It's Bijal from Book Therapy and Freya from Play Refuge, and we are SO excited to introduce our new six-part podcast series, Pages and Play: The Power of Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy on Nurturing Young Minds which brings together bibliotherapy and play therapy to explore how books and play can shape young minds.</p><p><br></p><p>Each episode blends science, stories, book recommendations, and practical play tips to support adults and children. The series tackles key topics including building emotional literacy, embracing diversity, reducing anxiety, navigating grief, and raising teens, offering real-world strategies for parents, educators, and anyone curious.</p><p><br></p><p>Please do subscribe to it wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss an episode!</p><p><br></p><p>Look forward to having you on board :)</p><p><br></p><p>Freya and Bijal x</p><p><br><br></p><p>#bibliotherapy #playtherapy #podcast #parentingpodcast</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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