The Book of Feeling Blue

Discover how best to manage mental health issues - specifically depression - in bestselling psychologist Gwendoline Smith's evidence-based, practical guide. THE BOOK OF FEELING BLUE offers hope to those experiencing depression, explaining the nature of the condition and the many different forms it can take at different life stages, and offering straightforward advice about how to manage it. Written in a chatty, reassuring tone with supplementary illustrations included throughout to demonstrate key points, chapters cover all aspects of the condition, including how to support a family member or friend who may be suffering from it, providing a therapist's evidence-based, practical toolkit for dealing with this widespread and debilitating mental-health problem. 'Provides a language to articulate things that can feel hard to express' - Pandora Sykes, Sunday Times on The Book of Overthinking

Gwendoline Smith is a clinical psychologist, speaker, blogger and the author of the books The Book of Feeling Blue (2023), The Book of Angst (2022), The Book of Overthinking (2021) and The Book of Knowing (2020), Depression Explained (2002) and Sharing the Load (1996). She also goes by the name Dr Know. Born and raised in Chatham, Kent, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.