This week on Live Happy Now, host Paula Felps sits down with Emely Rumble — licensed clinical social worker, bibliopsychotherapist, and author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx — to explore the healing power of stories. Emely shares how fiction, poetry, and even children’s books can help us reflect, process emotions, and build empathy in ways traditional self-help books can’t. With summer reading season in full swing, she explains how to create your own “book prescription” for better mental health and reconnect with the joy of reading — not as a task, but as a tool for transformation.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What bibliotherapy is — and why it works.
- How engaging with fiction can help us heal.
- How to start your own bibliotherapy practice.
Visit Emely’s website.
Join Emely’s book club, Readers Who Run With the Wolves.
Discover her book, Bibliotherapy in the Bronx.
Follow along with the transcript.
Follow Emely on Social Media:
- Facebook: @Literapy_NYC
- Instagram: @Literapy_NYC
- TikTok: @Literapy_NYC
- Threads: @Literapy_NYC
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