The Skeleton Cupboard
22 May 2014Imprint: Bluebird
Synopsis
The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psychologist, when trainees find themselves in the toughest placements of their careers. Through the eyes of her naive and inexperienced younger self, Tanya shares remarkable stories inspired by the people she had the privilege to treat. Gripping, poignant and full of daring black humour,...
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22 May 2014304 pages
9781447261674Imprint: Bluebird
Reviews
Moving and thought-provokingSunday Times
A compelling book that will challenge and comfort all who have strived to make the journey from chaos to clarityPsychologies
Quite simply, I love this book for its candour, wisdom and courage. Mistakes are our greatest lessons and other people, wherever we find them, our greatest teachers. As Tanya Byron describes so eloquently, life is about connection. There is nothing else.Sally Brampton
Fascinating composite case studies of some of the vulnerable patients [Tanya Byron] encountered at a stage when she 'was often just one chapter ahead of them'Metro
