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ForBibliotherapy

Personalized stories for bibliotherapy

PlaySpace helps you create personalized books about a child’s real experience, from a new sibling to a hospital stay, with prompts that guide the conversation afterward.

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The approach · Bibliotherapy

Tools for your treatment approach

Explore activities and example goals for bibliotherapy.

Area of care

Story selection

Choosing books and stories that mirror what the child is facing.

How PlaySpace helps

Generate stories matched to the child’s situation and age.

Example goal

Child identifies with a character’s challenge.

Features · Bibliotherapy

How PlaySpace supports bibliotherapy

Studio

Stories about their own life

Characters and situations are ones the child recognizes, which makes the story feel relevant.

Sessions

Guided discussion

Prompts help you explore the story together and connect it to the child’s feelings.

Alliance

Reading again at home

Families can revisit the story between sessions, which reinforces its message.

Your care day · Bibliotherapy

Tools for your daily work

Choose tools for preparing activities, running sessions, reviewing notes and supporting families.

1Before the session
Studio

Create personalized storybooks with the storybook builder.

2In the session
Sessions

Read together over video with discussion prompts on screen.

3Between sessions
Alliance

Send stories home as part of a Play Plan.

In practice · Bibliotherapy

Ways to use PlaySpace

01Studio

Living in two homes

A story shows the child’s room in both houses, which reassures them that they belong in each.

02Sessions

The loss of a pet

Discussion prompts appear page by page as you read, so the conversation unfolds naturally.

03Alliance

Rereading at bedtime

The same story goes home so the family can read it together again.

FAQ

Questions, answered

More answers in the Quick start guide.

No. PlaySpace drafts notes, plans and summaries for you to review. Nothing reaches a family or the record until you approve it.

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Ready when you are

See how PlaySpace supports bibliotherapy.

Our clinical team will walk you through PlaySpace with examples drawn from your discipline and care setting.