Just About Coping, 9781035011810
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Therapist helping patients, and herself, in a witty, poignant memoir.
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Just About Coping

a real-life drama from the psychotherapist's chair

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    27 October 2025

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Summary

Just About Coping: A Psychotherapist’s Hilarious and Heartbreaking Journey

At the psychologist’s clinic of an NHS hospital, Noah struggles with procrastination, Bill compulsively lies, and Steph is reeling from rejection. Meanwhile, their therapist, Dr. Natalie Cawley, battles her own emotional crisis, finding solace in a paper bag between patient sessions.

In this honest, often poignant, and frequently funny memoir about training to be a psychotherapist, we meet the patient…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035011810
ISBN-10:1035011816
Author:Natalie Cawley
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:27 October 2025
Weight:230g
Dimensions:199mm x 131mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

Cawley treats phobias, PTSD and porn addiction – while battling her own demons … [She] writes engagingly about the darker aspects of life … The disclosures are as diverse as they are diverting * The Sunday Times *I loved this witty, insightful journey into the world of psychotherapy – Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt PathI absolutely loved this. Like an Adam Kay for psychotherapy, Dr Natalie Cawley opens up the closed world of therapy so well, with humour, honesty and fascinating insights – Frankie Boyle

About The Author

Natalie Cawley

Dr. Natalie Cawley is a psychotherapist and counselling psychologist with a BSc, MSc, and PsychD in psychology. She has worked and trained in both the NHS and private practice, within paediatric and adult services. Her experience covers a wide range of health conditions and clinical presentations in the community and within psychiatric hospitals. Her specialism in attachment theory informs all her therapeutic work. Her hobbies include stand-up comedy. She lives and works in Manchester. Just About Coping is her first book.

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