appreciated the process tracking, thinks she does it the best amongst all the other authors of psychotherapy tales i’ve read so far.

For BBC4 she has written and presented: Truth Lies and Love Bites, a history of Agony Aunts, and How To Be A Surrealist with Philippa Perry. As a result of reading this I would read other books by Philippa Perry and feel that I can’t help but like her.Maybe I would've expected it to be more inclusive of the kinds of questions raised during therapy, but the limitation was imposed by the anecdote, which is understandable, but makes it fall short on certain accounts. It was easy to sit and read this in one sitting mainly because it’s so accessible and also interesting.

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. Meski ada "studi kasus" yang dibawakan dalam Couch Fiction, tapi bahasanya tetap ramah untuk pembaca pemula. I'm not certain its style (both in the format, the writing, perhaps even the art style) would be received well by many, and it's not something I'd particularly recommend unless you're *that* curious about the topic. I'm training as a counsellor and found it to be a really useful read - the drawings are also great at showing what could be going on in someone's mind throughout the therapy process.Though I’m generally not drawn towards psychoanalysis it was good to see her take a range of approaches and to see that she doesn’t always get it right (she is after all human) and how it shows how those mistakes are able to be corrected etc.