Bibliotherapy practices and the reader's emotions
Module 01
Discover the different bibliotherapy practices, understand the reader's emotions and explore the links between fiction, emotions and well-being.
Support, care, education and book professionals · Love for Livres Academy
Bibliotherapy training:
become a bibliotherapist
Caring through books can be learned.
Coaches, therapists, psychologists, carers, trainers or librarians: would you like to enrich your support work differently, through reading? The Love for Livres Academy teaches you to choose texts suited to your audience, to build your bibliotherapy workshops and to run them in a setting attentive to each person's words and emotions. A training course at the crossroads of literature, emotions and cognitive science.
Online content at your own pace and, depending on the path, live sessions. A course offered by a Qualiopi-certified organisation.
The English-language Academy opens in 2027. The paths described on this page are currently taught in French. Would you like to know more, or train a team in English? Book a call.
35 to 55 hours · Live masterclasses · More than 60 bibliotherapists trained
For whom
Give books a renewed place
in your support work.
You would like to draw more on reading to open up dialogue with the people you support.
- How do you choose a text suited to your audience?
- How do you welcome the emotions it stirs?
- How do you give everyone the freedom to speak or to stay silent?
The training helps you build a workshop, from selecting the texts to running it.
The training is for coaches, therapists and psychologists who want to enrich their support work, carers and support workers, trainers and HR consultants, librarians and booksellers, teachers and educators. It also welcomes professionals changing careers.
No teaching prerequisite is required; some prior experience of supporting people is nevertheless preferable. In every case, before final enrolment we check that your project is consistent with our approach and our code of ethics.
It is not a literature course, a writing workshop or psychotherapy training. Bibliotherapy is a method of professional support, not a therapy. Discover our approach to bibliotherapy
Love for Livres offers high-quality bibliotherapy training, solid in the knowledge it provides on how the brain works, the benefits of reading and understanding emotions, but also very practical and useful for offering bibliotherapy sessions with real added value. Céline and her team listen, are available and know how to guide our thinking step by step. I recommend this training to anyone who wants to discover bibliotherapy and improve their practice.
Laurent Parisse, bibliotherapist, EmbelLIRE sa vie · 4th cohortWhat you learn
Four modules,
from theory to your first workshop.
You learn from videos, practical sheets, reading lists and the Love for Livres Emotions Notebook, designed by a multidisciplinary team.
Depending on your path, masterclasses, live workshops and one-to-one sessions help you put these resources into practice, along with a community of former trainees in Europe, Canada and North Africa.
Paths and prices
Three paths,
depending on your project.
1
Immersion
35 h online
To discover bibliotherapy and acquire the first foundations: 35 hours of online content and quizzes, covering modules 1 to 3, to follow independently, without live sessions.
2
Deepening
50 h online + 5 h live
To launch a bibliotherapy activity: 50 hours online and 5 hours of live sessions. To get you started: module 4, a resource file for the audience of your choice, one-to-one sessions.
3
Specialisation
55 h online + 5 h live
To become a specialised bibliotherapist: 55 hours online and 5 hours live. The most complete path: we build with you a bespoke workshop for the audience you want to reach. Priority access to the future KEI© practitioner accreditation.
Prices for the three paths
From €645 incl. VAT for individuals, €870 excl. VAT for companies.
The prices of each path are detailed on the Academy platform. Payment in instalments is possible. Each path includes a follow-up session six months after the training.
Quality and funding
Love for Livres is Qualiopi certified: in France, funding is possible through your OPCO, AFDAS or your employer's skills development plan. Our team can help you with this.
Documents provided
In addition to all the materials, you receive a certificate of completion and a certificate of attendance.
To go further
- Bibliotherapy discovery session, €250 incl. VAT: experience the method before choosing a path. Next dates on the Academy platform.
- Academy Supervision sessions, €90 incl. VAT per session, reserved for trainees or experienced practitioners: a real case, prepared with the team beforehand and worked on live.
- KEI© accreditation: in preparation.
For a team
Do you want to train a team within a library, a charity or a network? We build a tailor-made training course. Discover training for teams
Why this training
Training born from practice.
“Books opened the world to me when I could only see a small patch of it. I have spent my life trying to understand why, with cognitive science as my compass and nearly 500 workshops as my field. Supporting people through books is a real responsibility: we wanted training that lives up to the practice. This is the training I pass on to you, with the rigour it demands and the joy it gives.”
Céline Mas, co-founder of Love for Livres, author of La lecture pour réussir sa vie professionnelle (Dunod, 2025), experienced practitioner in the neurocognitive and behavioural approach. Committed to human rights (former president of UN Women France).
They took the Love for Livres Academy
What our trainees do with it.
+ 60
bibliotherapists trained in Europe, Canada and North Africa
+ 90 %
of our trainees launched their workshop less than six months after the training: in companies, with young people, with women in transition, in schools or with the general public.
“The training was a real revelation. I leave with concrete tools to run my workshops, and a new creative approach to supporting different audiences through reading.”
Stéphanie Marie-Joseph, head of learning“This training is very rich. Its approach, theoretical on emotions and neuroscience, is fascinating. It will certainly help me bring my bibliotherapy workshop project to life, thanks also to our constructive exchanges.”
Carole Bloch, parenting coach and therapist · 1st cohort“This training is very inspiring. I already have some ideas for setting up workshops with various audiences, and I am convinced of the impact bibliotherapy can have on young people and adults.”
Sabrina Lefebure, consultant and speaker · 1st cohort“The live masterclasses complemented the online courses. Talking with other participants and the role plays were both instructive and invigorating.”
Béatrice Courtot, writer and coach · 2nd cohort“A rich and dense training course with lots of tools for our future workshops. It confirmed my project and my belief in the benefits of bibliotherapy; today I have everything I need to offer my own workshops!”
Amandine Graechen, La papoterie littéraire · 3rd cohortHow it works
From your first question
to your first workshop.
2
You pre-register
You answer a pre-registration questionnaire.
3
You enrol
If we confirm that your application is accepted, you enrol on the Academy platform at least one week before your cohort starts. Find the next dates and how to enrol on the Academy platform.
4
You train
At your own pace, about 2 hours a week, with online content complemented by live group masterclasses scheduled around your diary.
5
You launch your workshop
You finalise your workshop with our team. After the launch, you can extend the work as needed with the Academy supervision sessions and the six-month follow-up session (included in the training).
A tool for your workshops
Draw a card,
open a book.
The Love for Livres literary tarot© brings together 22 fictional characters, from Don Quixote to Jo March, from Scheherazade to the Count of Monte Cristo. You draw a card to explore a question, start a discussion or discover a new book. We use it in our bibliotherapy workshops, where books open a space for sharing emotions and experiences.
Many cultural mediators already use it.
Texts by Céline Mas, illustrations by Lisa Hebrard.
Frequently asked questions
What we are often asked.
Do you need to be a book or care professional?
No. The training welcomes coaches, therapists, carers, trainers, librarians, teachers, and also people preparing a career change. We simply check beforehand that your project is consistent with our approach and that your professional ethics will allow you to practise this activity without difficulty.
Does the training lead to a qualification?
No. You receive a certificate of completion and a certificate of attendance. To date, no bibliotherapy training leads to a recognised qualification in France. Love for Livres is, however, Qualiopi certified, which attests to a rigorous process of course design and follow-up and opens access to funding.
How much time should I plan for?
About 2 to 3 hours a week. Online content is followed at your own pace; masterclasses are scheduled according to your availability. Access to the platform lasts three to six months depending on the path.
How is it different from psychotherapy?
Bibliotherapy is a method of professional support through books. While its positive impact is regularly recognised by researchers and carers, it does not replace therapeutic care, and the training does not confer the title of psychotherapist, which is protected.
Can I take the training while working?
Yes. Online content is followed at your own pace: you can organise your learning around your professional and personal commitments, during the access period of your path.
Can this training support my career change?
Yes. The training gives you the foundations to bring bibliotherapy into your professional project. It is one step in your career change. A conversation beforehand helps you clarify your project and choose the right path.
Let's talk
Let's start by talking.
Not sure which path to choose? Let's take 30 minutes to talk about your project and answer your questions.