Published in 2022
274 pages
Dr Lucy Maddox is a consultant clinical psychologist and writer who loves to share psychology ideas. Lucy has worked clinically in a variety of NHS and third sector settings, mostly with children, young people and their families and carers. She is currently a Clinical Academic Fellow at the University of Bath, researching compassion fatigue. Lucy’s first book, Blueprint: How Our Childhood Makes Us Who We Are, was published in March 2018 and is a popular psychology book suitable for anyone interested in the effect our childhood has on our adulthood.
Her second book, What is Mental Health? was published in January 2020, and is suitable for children aged ten and above. Lucy is currently working on a new book, A Year to Change Your Mind, which will be out in December 2022. In addition Lucy has written for a range of outlets including The Guardian, Prospect and The Times.
What is this book about?
Psychology underpins everything we do, determining the decisions we make, the relationships we build, the roles we play and the places we live, and our behaviour is further influenced by the changing seasons, encouraging many of us to fall into unhelpful patterns again and again each year.
In A Year to Change Your Mind, consultant clinical psychologist Dr Lucy Maddox explains how psychological processes thread through our lives, pinpointing those issues most frequently encountered in each month, and shows us how by reflecting upon past experiences, both joyful and painful, and considering evidence-based ideas from the realm of psychology, we can learn to live a more thoughtful, positive life that better prepares us for the future.
From the tendency to lack motivation in January and to experience red-hot anger in the heat of August, to the weight of expectation associated with that back-to-school feeling in September and the pressure to enjoy the December holiday season, we’re shown recognisable features of behaviour over the course of the year. In sharing with us the most useful psychology ideas the author has learned in her 15 years as a clinical psychologist – ones she uses in her own life, and returns to time and time again with people who have come to see her for therapy – she provides plenty to think about that we too can put into practice to improve our own lives.
