"Hooked is a compassionate and approachable guide to addictive behaviours from an experienced psychotherapist, for anyone first questioning self-destructive behaviours of any kind "
Fosh’s definition of addiction is perhaps surprising in its breadth: ‘using something outside of yourself to change the way you feel’. This is useful for challenging the stereotypes around addiction and to try to remove taboos around it, and allowing readers to more readily question their addictive behaviours even if they don’t come in ‘obvious’ forms: Fosh emphasises the broader definition of addiction she is using in this book, one which is not just alcohol or substance abuse, but also includes the perhaps lesser-discussed addictions around love and relationships, physical appearance, and work, among others. Throughout, there are also short activities and questionnaires for readers to reflect on their own relationships to normalised behaviours, like checking social media or the news, or calorie counting.
Where it does contain moments of more specialist scientific terms or studies, Fosh also helpfully translates them into everyday language. She is also very generous in sharing her first-hand experience of addictive cycles, and her own journey through recovery to becoming a therapist.
(Yes, I understand the aware of the irony of taking a picture of this with a cup of coffee – the coffee I feel I must have at least twice each day in order to affect my productivity even if it is detrimental to my sleep and bank balance!)
| Primary Genre | Mind, body, spirit |
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Written for millennials and Gen Z, this approachable guide reframes addiction and provides tools from psychotherapy to help the reader break harmful behaviour cycles.
You don’t need to be an “addict” to engage in destructive addictive behaviours.
Do you use social media to distract yourself from difficult emotions, or find yourself seeking a boost through shopping, relationships or drinking? Do you feel that you have habits that are holding you back, but you can’t seem to break them?
You are not alone. This book is for anyone who struggles with addictive behaviour. In it, psychotherapist Tally Fosh sheds light on the true meaning of addiction and the subtle ways it can manifest itself without our awareness. She explores why we often seek external factors to change the way we feel internally, and provides practical tips and tools to help readers break any self-destructive cycle they may find themselves in using easy steps.
Hooked breaks down the journey of addiction into four key pillars: discovery, types of addiction, lows and denial, and recovery. It includes practical tools, from expressive therapy to talking therapy, and case studies from real people. With applications of Tally's principles to scenarios applicable to our modern lives and an inspirational foreword from model and mental health advocate Adwoa Aboah, this book is the perfect companion for your journey toward freedom from addictive habits.
Hooked features in the following genres: Mind, body, spirit, Health & Fitness, Self Help and Personal Development, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems, Addiction and therapy, Coping with / advice about addiction, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics, Family and health, Therapy and therapeutics, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Medicine and Nursing, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
Hooked is available in Paperback
Hooked was written by Talitha Fosh and published by Watkins Media Ltd
Hooked has 224 pages
£13.49
