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Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

£16.99

What is it like to be a fly on a psychotherapist’s wall? This compelling case study in the form of a graphic novel vividly explores therapy sessions as a search for understanding and truth. Told in a witty and thought-provoking manner, each engagingly illustrated scene is accompanied by deft commentary.

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‘A gem’ – The Evening Standard
‘Pure book joy. Deep thinking made digestible & doled up with lashings of wit’ Bernardine Evaristo on Twitter

‘So smart and interesting!’ Fearne Cotton on Instagram

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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.
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‘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’ Rachel Cooke, Observer

Read a sample here

Additional information

Weight 0.426 kg
Dimensions 22.1 × 16 × 1.7 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

160

Language

English

Edition

New edition

Dewey

616.8914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K