📚 A Therapeutic Journey by Alain de Botton

This is a collection of essays on mental health by Alain de Botton, published with The School of Life. It follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery.

Key Themes

• Why we become anxious or low
• How our pasts shape us
• Moving from crisis towards recovery
• Building resilience to live wisely alongside our difficulties

Sissoo recommends this because it sees hard times as part of a wider journey, not the end of the story. It invites gentle reflection on where our feelings come from and how we might carry them.

If the book stirs things you would like to talk through, you can explore Speaking & Listening Therapies on Sissoo.

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