Books
I love writing, and find therapy is to a great degree about story-telling. I support my clients to come to terms with and explore their own stories, perhaps writing new chapters together, or else going over old versions and re-telling them in a way that feels more balanced and grounded. So often we find we have been telling our story through someone else’s eyes, or else trying to make it fit with what we feel is expected from others. Writing our story is empowering and liberating. This can be done in the therapy room. It is often not the words we use, but the feelings behind them that make the most sense to us. Words can act as scaffolding, ‘meat on the bones’, which help us communicate what we have experienced or are experiencing to others. In this way they have a very connecting effect. Like art and music, it is the channelling of something deeper which can bring us together. The ‘collective unconscious’, as Jung might say.
Below are some books I have published myself or been part of the publishing process of. I can vouch for them as having come directly from this ‘source’ for which there are no words, but is full of truth and beauty. I hope you may find your own truth in them too.
A Flight for Freedom - Clare Patterson
One woman’s honest reckoning with a world gone mad - and the quiet truths that can set us free.
Why do so many of us feel like we’re not enough, not safe, not quite real? Why are we fed stories about success, beauty, and happiness that leave us hungry and hollow?
In A Flight for Freedom, psychotherapist and seeker Clare takes us on a raw, wise, and often darkly funny journey through the tangled mess of modern life - from childhood conditioning to diet culture, family roles to spiritual bypassing. With fierce honesty and a tender heart, she exposes the silent screams behind our smiles - and the deep societal gaslighting that keeps us doubting ourselves.
This is not a self-help book with five steps to happiness.
It’s a call to remember who you are beneath the noise.
To see the lies for what they are.
And to taste the strange, fierce joy of being fully alive.
Success Revisited - Sylvain Richard
In a world where our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are deeply shaped by our families, teachers, and society from a young age, this book stands out as a guide to help you find your true self. It explores how early life experiences have influenced who we are and shows a way to reconnect with the natural, clear mind that we were born with.
• Discover how early life experiences shape our thoughts and behaviours
• Learn practical steps to overcome societal conditioning
• Reconnect with your true, authentic self
This easy-to-read guide is perfect for anyone looking to understand themselves better, find mental clarity, and live a more purposeful life. If you're ready to break free from past influences and embrace your true potential, this book is for you.
Sounds of the Universe - Michael Markham
These are not teachings. They are echoes from silence, shaped into words.
Sounds of the Universe is a collection of over 300 poetic reflections—each a transmission from the quiet clarity that remains when the illusion of the separate self dissolves. Written in the wake of a profound awakening, these musings flow directly from source, bypassing dogma or philosophy. They are not meant to be understood, but felt.
This book is for those who are drawn to the edges of language and being—who sense that what they truly are cannot be found, and yet never left. Whether opened at random or read slowly like a meditative companion, each page offers a spacious glimpse into the unnameable: consciousness, wholeness, the timeless presence beneath all form.
Like poetry, like music—there is nothing to gain here, and everything.
If you've tasted stillness, or long to, this book may resonate not as information, but as invitation.