Vincent Deary is professor of applied health psychology at Northumbria University, where his research focuses on the development of new psychosocial interventions for people with a variety of health complaints, including cancer survivors and fear of falling in older adults. As a clinician he works in the UK's first trans-diagnostic Fatigue Clinic, to help people for whom fatigue is a disabling symptom. He is the author of How We Are.
Drawing on a wide range of sources about the human experience, Vincent Deary has written a warm and compassionate book about how we hurt and how we heal. A rich and humane work -- Gwen Adshead, forensic psychiatrist and author of THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Exhilarating... a lyrical, consoling exploration... It takes guts to recognise that change is called for, and more to follow it through. This book - so long as you don't read it on autopilot - should help -- Review for 'How We Are' * Guardian * Fascinating, profound, wonderfully well-observed... [How We Are] could change lives -- Review for 'How We Are' * Daily Mail * This is a book that gets your mind whizzing off in lots of directions... It's crammed with ideas. It makes your head spin, in a good way -- Review for 'How We Are' * Spectator * An extraordinary book... There are so many insights and moments of poetry along the way... The book is all the more useful because it is uncomfortable and disturbing; it makes you re-examine your priorities and habits -- The Guardian (Paperback of the Week) * Nick Lezard *