What’s our deal?
Novel Feelings is a book review podcast and blog, where two psychologists take a deep dive into your favourite books.
As mental health professionals and book nerds, we understand that a good book holds up a mirror to real life (even when wizards or robots are involved). A good book can also influence the we think about ourselves and others.
Through Novel Feelings, we take a close look at what authors do well when portraying mental health content, neurodiversity, and other psychological themes on the page, and what can be done better.
We explore tropes, recovery arcs, and character growth, with an intersectional lens.
Through this process, we aim to challenge stigma, have nuanced and fun conversations, and hopefully teach you a thing or two along the way.
Priscilla is an educational and developmental psychologist. She works with individuals of all ages at a private practice and in schools. In her free time, she prefers books with Happily Ever Afters, magic, lady detectives, and characters figuring out who they really are, but will also read anything else that catches her interests.
Elise is an early career researcher and registered psychologist. In 2024 she completed her PhD, which involved exploring strategies to reduce stigma against people living with complex mental health issues. Her favourite books usually involve elaborate fantasy and a touch of romance, but she loves contemporary fiction and everything in between.
Disclaimers
The information shared on this account and podcast is general in nature and should not be considered individual advice, or taken as an endorsement/therapeutic recommendation.
If you are a current or past client of ours and have decided to follow our content, please note that we cannot engage in discussion over comments, emails, or DMs. This is to maintain your privacy and keep everyone safe. We can chat more about this in a future session.
We are unable to provide direct mental health support or therapeutic advice. If our content brings up difficult feelings please reach out to Lifeline (13 11 14) if you’re in Australia, or a local helpline (findahelpline.com)
Feel free to contact us for collaborations and other opportunities, but please keep in mind that we’re a volunteer-run podcast and blog and have limited capacity.
We are speaking as mental health professionals and book lovers, not always as people with lived experience of the topics covered in our content. Our voices are limited this way.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast and blog are our own, and do not necessarily represent the organisations we work for.
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