A Therapeutic Journey

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books including <i>The School of Life: An Emotional Education</i> <i>How Proust Can Change Your Life</i> <i>The Consolations of Philosophy</i> <i>The Art of Travel</i> and <i>The Course of Love</i>. He is the founder of The School of Life (theschooloflife.com). <p><b>The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of <i>The School of Life</i></b><br><br><i>A Therapeutic Journey</i> follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness knowledge and sympathy it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest most anguished moments.<br><br>Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.<br><br>At heart this is a book about redemption - about regaining the thread of our lives rediscovering meaning and finding our way back to connection warmth and joy.<br><br><b>'Alain de Botton is a brave and highly intelligent writer'<i> Observer</i></b><br><br><b>'One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture' John Gray <i>New Statesman</i></b></p> <p><b>The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of <i>The School of Life</i></b><br><br><i>A Therapeutic Journey</i> follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness knowledge and sympathy it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest most anguished moments.<br><br>Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.<br><br>At heart this is a book about redemption - about regaining the thread of our lives rediscovering meaning and finding our way back to connection warmth and joy.<br><br><b>'Alain de Botton is a brave and highly intelligent writer'<i> Observer</i></b><br><br><b>'One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture' John Gray <i>New Statesman</i></b></p> It is hard to think of a timelier and more relevant read