Book Talk Series
The Book Talk Series is based on the concepts of bibliotherapy, an expressive arts modality. Coupled with other mediums of expressive arts, this program uses books to transport participants to another existence to see the world from a different point of view and show that no one is alone. The principles of bibliotherapy states that sharing words and images through books can bring us comfort, insight, and change as it:
- Gives us vocabulary needed when most important
- Gives us an ally/advocate when most welcomed
- Becomes a valuable teaching tool
- Brings equity to a situation, showing us that we are not alone
- Helps reduce stress and anxiety
- Offers a lens through which to see life; brings reality into focus
- Provides a means to foster individual and collective change
Although Book Talk is not therapy, it is also not a typical book club. Book Talk utilizes books to engage in dialogue for personal, professional, and developmental growth. Book Talks will couple each session (before, during, and/or after) with other mediums of expressive arts such as drawing, painting, photography, collage, poetry, and others.
The Anxious Generation
Spring 2025
Don't Miss It! The Learning Institute presents Spring 2025 Book Talk Series featuring The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. Co-Facilitated by Dr. Karen Rice and Dr. Heather Girvin.
- March 26, 2025 6-7:30pm on Zoom
- April 9, 2025 6-7:30pm on Zoom
- April 23, 2025 6-7:30pm on Zoom
bY: Jonathan Haidt
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s.