A freshly made coffee and a freshly printed book

I’m very pleased to share that my book Controlled Explosions in Mental Health is published today.

It brings together many years of clinical work, research, and reflection on patterns we often label as self-sabotage, self-criticism, and self-harm – and what changes when these are understood as attempts at protection rather than problems to eliminate.

I’m grateful to colleagues, collaborators, and others who have shaped my thinking over the years, and to those who have engaged with these ideas more recently here. I hope some people will find this book helpful.