BIBLIOTHERAPY
Books that also accompany
There are books that don’t replace therapy, but they can certainly complement it. Sometimes a story helps us put words to what we’re experiencing, raises an important question, or allows us to look at a difficulty from a different perspective.
That’s why, in some processes, I recommend readings that can offer companionship, clarity, or emotional resonance. Not as recipes, but as small supports along the way.
Learning to love
To explore bonds, care, and the way we relate to others and to ourselves
Recommended reading: The Art of Loving — Erich Fromm
A work that encourages reflection on love not as a romantic ideal, but as a practice, nurturing, and emotionally mature approach.
To inhabit pain
For moments of suffering, loss, grief, or when life asks you to rebuild meaning
Recommended reading: Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl
A book that is especially helpful when pain, loss, or questions about meaning become central.
Encontrar sentido
For periods of inner searching, serenity, or the need to reconnect with what is essential
Recommended reading: Biography of Silence — Pablo d’Ors
An invitation to stop, listen to yourself and discover that silence can also be a refuge.
To be born into the world
To work on childhood, sensitivity, tenderness and the emotional perspective towards oneself and others.
Recommended reading: The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A classic that reminds us that what is essential is not always seen, but it is felt.
Ser diferente
To support processes of difference, self-esteem, neurodiversity or feeling of not fitting in.
Recommended reading: Wonder — R. J. Palace
A luminous story about empathy, dignity, and the importance of being seen beyond difference.
Being free
To explore identity, authenticity, and the right to live from a more personal and freer place.
Recommended reading: Orlando — Virginia Woolf
A work full of freedom, imagination and fluidity to think about identity beyond rigid categories.
The weary soul
For moments of anxiety, overwhelm, excessive internal noise, or a need to return to calm.
Recommended reading: Momo — Michael Ende
A profoundly valuable story for reflecting on time, listening, and caring for what truly matters.
Break the shape
For adolescence, identity crisis, or stages of change in which one version of oneself is no longer enough.
Recommended reading: The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Stephen Chbosky
A very relatable book to accompany processes of identity, belonging and vulnerability in adolescence and youth.
Not all books resonate at the same time, nor do they speak to everyone in the same way. But sometimes, the right book can become a source of companionship, understanding, or care.
