Just About Coping: A Real-Life Drama from the Psychotherapist's Chair

“Cawley treats phobias, PTSD & 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

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At the psychologist's clinic of an NHS hospital, Noah needs help with procrastination, Bill compulsively lies, Steph is coping with rejection & their therapist, Dr Natalie Cawley, is dealing with her own emotional crisis, breathing into a paper bag between patient sessions.

In this honest, often poignant & frequently funny memoir about training to be a psychotherapist, we meet the patients grappling with mental health issues. From OCD & addiction to self-deception & toxic relationships, Dr Natalie helps them understand & change these attempts to self-soothe.

Full of lightbulb moments, Just About Coping is a journey into our inner worlds, where the drama of our break-ups, breakdowns & breakthroughs takes place. In times of stress & suffering, Dr Natalie reveals, we are all just about coping. None of us is immune – not even your therapist.

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Dr Natalie Cawley is a psychotherapist & counselling psychologist with a BSc, MSc & PsychD in psychology & has worked & trained in both the NHS & private practice, within paediatric & adult services. Her experience covers a wide range of health conditions & clinical presentations in the community & within psychiatric hospitals. Her specialism in attachment theory, the driving force behind our psychological & emotional functioning, informs all her therapeutic work. Her hobbies include stand-up comedy – mostly watching, although she has performed a set about bad dates that went better than expected. Just About Coping is her 1st book. 

www.nataliecawley.com