Both Sides Of The Couch

Both Sides Of The Couch
Published : 20 Aug 2024 - BiteBack

When Anna Wickins began counselling with her therapist, Paddy Magrane, she could barely speak in their sessions, silenced by traumatic memories from two decades before. But as trust built, Anna felt able to open up and she started to talk about a terrifying ordeal she experienced at university. And as Anna examined her past, a transformation was occurring across the room. Listening to her awakened painful memories in Paddy about the horrors that occurred at the boarding school he attended.

BOTH SIDES OF THE COUCH is a searingly honest account of how counselling shapes both clients and therapists. A unique window into therapy, it shows, for the first time, the journey through the eyes of both participants. BOTH SIDES OF THE COUCH is a moving and inspirational story of healing, of finding light in the darkest of times.

Reviews

Delicately written, with heartbreaking detail and searing honesty, Both Sides of the Couch is a hymn to the power of vulnerability.

Erin Kelly

A raw, honest and powerful book about the messy journey of healing ... that shines a light and offers hope.

Madeleine Black, author of UNBROKEN

What a powerful book. So insightful. So honest.

Louise Beech, author of EIGHTEEN SECONDS

As compulsively readable as a thriller but with the heart and depth of a modern classic in therapeutic writing. I will never forget this book.

Sarah Hilary

Not since Tony Soprano sat down with Dr Jennifer Melfi has a counselling duo been so intriguing.

The Times

Wonderfully insightful.

The Daily Mail

This inspirational book, told from both their viewpoints, shows how counselling can help both client and therapist to find light in the darkest of times.

Woman's Weekly

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