Tanya Byron shares powerful stories inspired by her years of training as a clinical psychologist
Professor Tanya Byron is a clinical psychologist, specialising in working with children and adolescents, with twenty years' experience. She is also a journalist, author and broadcaster. Her TV presenting and on-screen expert credits include the BBC series Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways and Bedtime Live for Channel 4. She writes a weekly column for The Times and a monthly column for Good Housekeeping and is a BBC Radio 4 presenter, contributing to a range of programmes. Collaborating with Jennfier Saunders she co-wrote the popular BBC comedy series The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle. Tanya advises on international policy relating to children, young people, mental health and education, and is currently working in China to develop services for children, young people and their families. She is President of the teenage mental health charity Mindfull, a patron of Relate, and an ambassador of The National Family and Parenting Institute. www.professortanyabyron.com
Moving and thought-provoking
*Sunday Times*
A compelling book that will challenge and comfort all who have
strived to make the journey from chaos to clarity
*Psychologies*
Quite simply, I love this book for its candour, wisdom and courage.
Mistakes are our greatest lessons and other people, wherever we
find them, our greatest teachers. As Tanya Byron describes so
eloquently, life is about connection. There is nothing else.
*Sally Brampton*
Fascinating composite case studies of some of the vulnerable
patients [Tanya Byron] encountered at a stage when she was often
just one chapter ahead of them
*Metro*
a moving and extremely engaging account of Dr Byron's early days,
training as a clinical psychologist. As well as offering profound
insights into the human condition it moves with the pace of a
thriller. Dr Byron is a great story teller and she has an
extraordinary story to tell
*Dr Michael Mosley*
Like the best of psychological cases studies, such as Freud's,
these read like compelling, crafted fiction ... powerful, vivid and
moving
*Sydney Morning Herald*
Honest and insightful ... This thoroughly compelling book does much
to combat the stigma that is still, sadly, attached to mental
illness'
*The Lady*
A strangely fascinating profession ... what's most appealing about
Byron is her genuineness and openness. I can imagine why, if you
were in distress, you'd want her on your side
*Scotsman*
Soul searching and straight talking
*Jewish Chronicle*
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