Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

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.

'A gem' - The Evening Standard.

Review: Philippa is a tonic even if you're not her patient * Rachel Cooke *

Pure book joy. Deep thinking made digestible & doled up with lashings of wit. How old habits hold us back. Perfect Xmas present. * Bernardine Evaristo *

So smart and interesting! * Fearne Cotton *

If you've ever wondered whether therapy is for you, Mrs Grayson Perry's entertaining, insightful guide will give you an idea (...) This is a story about connection, honesty and opening up emotionally - things many of us find difficult. Charmingly illustrated by daughter Flo * Evening Standard *

Curl up with a fireside read (and) swot up with psychology * Glamour *

a gem (...) funny, engaging, enlightening * Evening Standard *

Perry offers a digestible, droll guide to the therapeutic process * i Newspaper *

This can help many of us to understand the therapeutic process better * BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind with Claudia Hammond *

winningly illustrated (...) absolutely fascinating and very funny * The Spectator Magazine *

Author Biography:

Philippa Perry (Author)

Philippa Perry has been a psychotherapist for the past twenty years. She is an agony aunt for Red Magazine, a freelance writer, and a TV and radio presenter. She has written two other books: Couch Fiction and How to Stay Sane. She lives in London with her husband the artist Grayson Perry, and they have a grown-up daughter, Flo. Her bestselling book The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read was published in 2019.