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A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

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

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

Rachel Cooke

About Philippa Perry

PHILIPPA PERRY is an artist and psychotherapist as well as a TV and radio presenter. She is the number one?Sunday Times?bestselling author?of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read?and The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read?(*And?Maybe a Few You Don’t), published by Cornerstone Press. Her books have been translated in over 40 languages.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • ISBN: 9780241461785
  • Length: 152 pages
  • Dimensions: 221mm x 16mm x 160mm
  • Weight: 431g
  • Price: £16.99
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