Reflecting Words
“That’s why he likes having it told to him again.
Because then it’s a real story
and not just a remembering”
Winnie the Pooh / A. A. Milne
Reflecting Words
Words can be used to reflect
one's thoughts and feelings.
It can be our own words,
but sometimes it can be other's words,
that help us understand what we are going through.
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Bibliotherapy allows me to help others by listening to their interpretations and reflections on different kinds of texts.
In my experience, it may allow deeper access to one's subconscious, which in turn may make the therapeutic process more effective and efficient.
What is Bibliotherapy?
Bibliotherapy is a creative arts therapy method which uses written and spoken words to deal with various emotional distresses. The therapeutic process combines a wide range of texts such as novels, short stories, poems, oral storytelling, movies and writing interventions.
Bibliotherapy aims to help individuals and groups express themselves in an indirect route, based on their interaction with the text. This allows them to trace the different stories within themselves and explore collision points that might have led to mental distress.
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*No background or previous experience is required.
About me
My name is Shahar Poyastro Mechrez, I am a certified creative arts therapist - bibliotherapist (HCPC, BAAT) practising in West Finchley, London, UK.
Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic method that enables me to try and help others by listening to their reflections and interpretations of various texts such as short stories and poems.
In my experience, bibliotherapy allows deeper access to one's subconscious, which in turn may make the therapeutic process more effective and efficient.
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I offer therapy sessions both in English and Hebrew.
Education
Couples and Family Therapy studies
'Shorashim' Centre | Israel
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Therapeutic Life Story Work Training
Family Futures | London | UK
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Continued Professional Development (CPD) in Psychosexual Studies
Tavistock Relationships | London | UK
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Theraplay Level 1 and Group Theraplay
Family Futures | London | UK
Foundation Certificate in Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy
Tavistock Relationships | London | UK
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Continued Professional Development (CPD) in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy'Limud Karov' | Israel
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M.A Creative Arts Therapy - Bibliotherapy
Thesis - The 'Self' and the 'Other' in the birth stories of first-time fathers
University of Haifa | Israel​​​​
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Beginners and an advanced seminar in Dyadic Treatment
Child Development Psychology Centre | Haifa | Israel
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B.Ed. Early Childhood Special EducationLevinsky College of Education | Tel - Aviv | Israel
Experience
Private practice in creative arts therapy, offering short- and long-term therapy sessions for children, adolescents, families, and adults | London, UK
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Creative Arts Therapist Contractor, Barnet Council Family Services | London, UK
Short-term bibliotherapy group 'Women Talk About Relocation' | London, UK
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Leading small-scale children’s groups combining storytelling and bibliotherapy interventions | London, UK
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Short-term bibliotherapy groups with single mothers and their children based on a dyadic model combined with storytelling | Haifa, Israel
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Short and long-term dyadic therapy supporting young children (2-7 years old) and their caregivers, aimed to deal with daily life problems, and complex issues
| Haifa, Israel
Long-term weekly individual therapy sessions with adolescents with cerebral palsy
| Haifa, Israel
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Nursery teacher for neurodivergent children with issues ranging from language, developmental disabilities & Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | Haifa, Israel
Therapy Options
