Couch Fiction

Couch Fiction : A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

'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

  • Format: Hardback | 152 pages
  • Dimensions: 159 x 221 x 15mm | 418g
  • Publication date: 26 Nov 2020
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780241461785
  • Bestsellers rank: 82,063

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