The Bibliotherapy Toolbox: 100+ Creative and Playful Story-Based Interventions

Discover the magic that happens when books meet the therapeutic power of play.
Bibliotherapy is the use of stories to help clients explore their experiences. It is an engaging treatment approach that facilitates self-awareness, fosters emotional wellness, and allows clients to gain new perspectives. When kids can identify with a character outside themselves, it provides a safe psychological distance from their problem, creating more room for growth and learning.

In The Bibliotherapy Toolbox, you’ll find a variety of kid-friendly interventions that combine the power of books with the principles of play therapy – bringing the metaphors, symbolism, and lessons of each story to life in a therapeutically meaningful way.

Features over 100 story-based and step-by-step interventions you can use right away. The Bibliotherapy Toolbox addresses a wide range of therapeutic topics, including:

• Anger and other big emotions
• Resilience and self-esteem
• Anxiety, fear, perfectionism, and OCD
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Neurodiversity, ADHD, and autism
• Trauma and attachment
• Grief and loss
• Adoption, foster care, and kinship care
• Separation, divorce, and sibling rivalry
• Bullying, boundaries, and kindness

Whether you’re looking to build rapport, explore a client’s worldview, process traumatic stress, or build crucial skills, The Bibliotherapy Toolbox has what you need!

 

Author Biography

Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S™, is a renowned speaker, trainer, and clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience. Specializing in attachment, sandtray play therapy, and sensory integration, she holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and extensive training from the Family and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia. Tammi is a certified advanced trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach® and founding board member of the World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals. She’s published works include Casey’s Greatness Wings and The Bibliotherapy Toolkit: 100+ Creative and Playful Story-Based Interventions. She created Casey’s Greatness Sticks and Cards, teaches virtual Sandtray classes, co-taught the inaugural Sandtray therapy class in China, and delivered a TEDx Talk, Stories in the Sand: Healing Trauma, Anxiety and Grief, in October 2023.