Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

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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 for sure.' - Susie Orbach, author and columnist In 1985 she trained and volunteered for the Samaritans, after which she trained as a psychotherapist, and was a member of the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners. Perry worked in the mental health field for 20 years, 10 in private practice, before being published. [4] From 2010 she spent time on the faculty of The School of Life, but she has subsequently discontinued this. [7] [8] Ongoing Covid restrictions, reduced air and freight capacity, high volumes and winter weather conditions are all impacting transportation and local delivery across the globe. Book Genre: Comics, Counselling, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Health, Mental Health, Nonfiction, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Science, Sequential Art

The novel focuses on the psychoanalysis of James Clarkson Smith and shows his progress from scared new client to healthy individual, with all of the ups and downs of therapy interposed. Dr. Patricia Phillips practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy (think Freud here, guys), but is not a perfect therapist. She actually seems to be a real therapist, moving too fast at times and taking some things too personally at times. Just like the rest of us. So, the process of therapy is presented accurately. And, while I do not agree with some of the techniques--I lean more toward cognitive behavioral therapy than psychoanalysis--I cannot fault the process.JUNKO GRAAT (illustrator) trained and worked as a graphic designer in Japan and came to England to study European horticulture. As well as illustrating this tale of psychotherapy, Junko is a landscape designer/gardener and has also designed Japanese hieroglyphics for some of Grayson's work. Junko is married to the gardener and furniture maker, Chris Graat. funny and irreverent, but it also answers many of the questions people have about what therapy is, and how it works...' - The Observer Philippa Perry: The most important thing for parents to know". Financial Times. 8 March 2019 . Retrieved 13 April 2019. this funny and enjoyable book will become required reading for psychotherapy students and would benefit anyone with even a casual interest in psychotherapy. Those who are thinking of consulting a therapist might 'dip their toe in' here, as might any lover of graphic fiction who relishes evesdropping on the lives of others...' - Paul Gravett, Graphic Medicine The variety of different activities we do is huge. We collect everything from Viennese glass to found shopping lists, we educate ourselves about things as diverse as front crawl or Chinese calligraphy. We knit, we fish, we fellwalk, we still do amateur dramatics and we practise and get better at it. It’s good for us to get better at something and learn new things. It makes us feel more in tune with our bodies, more engaged with our minds and more connected with our world. And I was warmed and moved by what everyone who replied to me got from their passions, obsessions, pastimes and, yes, hobbies. And I think probably the most important thing we get from these things we love doing but, do not have to do, is purpose and meaning. It’s harder to get depressed when you feel you have those two things in your life.

If you've got even a passing interest in psychotherapy you'll want to read this graphic novel three times, at least.' - Time Out The author presents a fictional case study of Pat, a messy, middle-aged female psychotherapist and James, a seemingly successful, smug, thirtysomething barrister who, when he was only a kid, developed kleptomania. The illustrated story follows their psychotherapeutic relationship and the breakthroughs of each through a year of therapy sessions together. The charming pictures show psychotherapy working; the witty and brilliant notes explain how and why.' - Dr Stella Tillyard, author of Aristocrats

Couch Fiction is one of the most unusual graphic novels that I had read recently and it is also one of the best.' - Bookgeeks.co.uk With most of the pictures, illustrated by an unknown artist Junko Graat, there are footnotes that provide more theoretical reflections, and explain the importance of a scene. In 2010 the academic publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, published Perry's book, Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy. [1] It is a graphic novel that tells a tale of a psychotherapist and her client, from both their perspectives. Underneath the graphic novel boxes, Perry takes the position of commentator and provides footnotes on what might be going on between them and what theories the therapist is drawing on or should be drawing on. There is an afterword by Andrew Samuels.

Memahami pola asuh orangtua kita buatku bukan untuk menyalahan metode mereka. Tapi untuk memperbaiki bagaimana sebaiknya membangun dan menjalin relasi dengan orang lain. Who would think that a graphic novel (read here comic book) about psychotherapy would be a good idea? Pada sesi kedua, lelaki ini berniat untuk nggak kasih cerita sebenarnya perihal masa kecilnya dulu. Baginya, masa kecilnya dg kebiasaan klepto ini nggak nyambung. Cuma buang-buang waktu aja. Tapi bagi Pat, hal ini berkaitan. Perry, Philippa (2009). "Relational marketing?". The British Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Palgrave Macmillan. 6 (2): 47–51. ISSN 1759-0000. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. {{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Preview. I really looked forward to reading this, and it was an interesting read, but I thought it was shoddy. The story seemed too simplistic and wasn't really engaging, probably partly due to the many footnotes; the illustrations were rather poor and unattractive ; the font for the footnotes was so small they were almost unreadable ; the explanations in the footnotes were mostly too short to really offer an understanding, unless you already are familiar with these often complex theoretical ideas.I digress. This book, I feel, is an excellent advertisement for psychotherapy. I would pay money to consult Pat.