Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

Author:   Philippa Perry ,  Flo Perry
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
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9780241461785


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   26 November 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy


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Bestselling writer and psychotherapist, Philippa Perry, takes us on a journey with psychotherapist, Patricia, and her first-time client, James. Ever wanted to know what really happens in a therapist's consultation room? Bestselling author Philippa Perry (The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read) turns her keen insights to the power of therapy. This compelling study of psychotherapy in the form of a graphic novel vividly explores a year's therapy sessions as a search for understanding and truth. Beautifully illustrated by Flo Perry, author of How to Have Feminist Sex, and accompanied by succinct and illuminating footnotes, this book offers a witty and thought-provoking exploration of the therapeutic journey, considering a range of skills, insights and techniques along the way. I loved it. I smiled and laughed. And nodded. One to read - Susie Orbach, author of 'In Therapy' (full of) wit and good sense (...) Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient - Rachel Cooke, Observer

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Author:   Philippa Perry ,  Flo Perry
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Life
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780241461785


ISBN 10:   0241461782
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   26 November 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A fresh, transparent look at the process of psychotherapy from the perspective of both the psychotherapist and the client * Professor Maria Gilbert * Funtastic! How therapy works with all the fun of a cartoon * Oliver James, bestselling writer of They Fuck You Up: How to Survive Family Life * I'd recommend to all therapists in training (....) wonderfully accessible (and) funny * Guardian, Bev Thom * (full of) wit and good sense (...) Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient * Rachel Cooke, Observer * I loved it. I smiled and laughed. And nodded. One to read * Susie Orbach, author of 'In Therapy' *


Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient * Rachel Cooke *


winningly illustrated (...) absolutely fascinating and very funny * The Spectator Magazine * This can help many of us to understand the therapeutic process better * BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind with Claudia Hammond * Perry offers a digestible, droll guide to the therapeutic process * i Newspaper * a gem (...) funny, engaging, enlightening * Evening Standard * Curl up with a fireside read (and) swot up with psychology * Glamour * If you've ever wondered whether therapy is for you, Mrs Grayson Perry's entertaining, insightful guide will give you an idea (...) This is a story about connection, honesty and opening up emotionally - things many of us find difficult. Charmingly illustrated by daughter Flo * Evening Standard * So smart and interesting! * Fearne Cotton * Pure book joy. Deep thinking made digestible & doled up with lashings of wit. How old habits hold us back. Perfect Xmas present. * Bernardine Evaristo * Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient * Rachel Cooke *


So smart and interesting! * Fearne Cotton * Pure book joy. Deep thinking made digestible & doled up with lashings of wit. How old habits hold us back. Perfect Xmas present. * Bernardine Evaristo * Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient * Rachel Cooke *


Author Information

Philippa Perry (Author) PHILIPPA PERRY has been a psychotherapist for the past twenty years. She is an agony aunt for Red Magazine, a freelance writer, and a TV and radio presenter. She has written two other books- Couch Fiction and How to Stay Sane. She lives in London with her husband the artist Grayson Perry, and they have a grown-up daughter, Flo. Her bestselling book The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read was published in 2019. Flo Perry (Illustrator) Flo Perry is a writer and illustrator, former BuzzFeed editor and expert on making illustrations go viral. She was born and raised in the wilds of North London and still lives there with two lovely homosexual housemates and a terrible cat. Her book How to Have Feminist Sex was published in 2019.

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