A Therapeutic Journey
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  • Published: 5 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781405960595
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00

A Therapeutic Journey

Lessons from the School of Life

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3 Dec 2024
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5 Oct 2023
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5 Oct 2023
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The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life

This is a book about getting unwell. About losing direction and hope. About imagining that we have let ourselves and everyone down.

But it is also a book about getting better. About regaining the thread, rediscovering meaning and finding a way back to connection and joy.

Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the acts of selfcare or therapy in which we find respite; and the days we finally reclaim a sense of stability. Written with understanding and kindness, it is both a source of companionship in our loneliest moments - whether it's a relationship breakdown, a career setback or anxiety around the everyday - and a practical guide that will help us find reasons for hope.

We are all on our own journey towards recovery. This book is for anyone ready to understand theirs.
  • Published: 5 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781405960595
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969 and now lives in London. He is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He's written on love, travel, architecture and literature. His books have been bestsellers in 30 countries.

 

Alain also started and helps to run a school in London called The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education. 

Also by Alain de Botton

The School of Life
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The Art of Travel
The Course of Love
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Religion for Atheists
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
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Praise for A Therapeutic Journey

It is hard to think of a timelier and more relevant read

Glamour

Written with kindness and the author's signature brand of empathy . . . a companion for trying times and a resource on how to build resilience when redemption seems intangible

Russh Magazine

A good conversationalist, friend or romantic partner is someone who makes you feel heard and understood. That’s exactly what you’ve achieved with this book . . . This book does a wonderful job of making you realise that the thing you’re going through, and the way that you are, isn’t evidence of your inadequacy. It’s actually evidence that you are perfectly human

Steven Bartlett, author and host of The Diary of a CEO
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