James Withey
James Withey is the author of the bestselling book How to Tell Depression to Piss Off: 40 Ways to get Your Life back, and is the co-editor of The Recovery Letters: Addressed to People Experiencing Depression and What I Do to Get Through: How to Run, Swim, Cycle, Sew, or Sing Your Way Through Depression.
He is the founder of The Recovery Letters project which publishes online letters from people recovering from depression. James trained as a person-centred counsellor and worked in addiction, homelessness and mental health services. He lives with depression & anxiety and writes and speaks about mental health. He lives in Hove in the UK with his husband and emotionally damaged cat.
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How to Sort Your Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem affects nearly everyone. Your sense of worth is dependent on social, genetic and environmental factors that impact how you feel about yourself. Very…
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How to Smash Stress
Stress is a nasty infectious rash, but it's how we deal with it that counts. This books gives you forty ways to manage it and…
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How to Get to Grips with Grief
This book is for anyone who has lost someone. It may have been recently, or it may have been years ago, but still it stings…
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How to Tell Anxiety to Sod Off
An accessible, comforting and practical book for anyone experiencing anxiety, from the author of The Recovery Letters and How to Tell Depression to Piss Off.…
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How To Tell Depression to Piss Off
Depression sucks, but you don't. Trying to manage the range of symptoms that depression throws at you is like navigating the dark ocean floor when…