- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hay House UK (19 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848500440
- ISBN-13: 978-1848500440
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 559,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you're a little wary of therapy, then Derek Draper's book 'Life Support' may be the next best thing to help you tackle life issues such as addiction, anger and depression...Derek's words can improve self-awareness and, even for counselling novices, it offers fascinating insights. (Clare Nasir Now Magazine )
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Psychotherapy helps thousands of people every day: they feel happier, achieve more success and enjoy better relationships. But not everyone can be - or wants to be - in therapy. Prominent psychotherapist Derek Draper has chosen to share his tips and tools from the therapy room to help exactly those people. In this groundbreaking book he explores 40 key issues that impact almost everyone's lives, uses examples drawn from real life to help you gain a better understanding of why things happen, and provides clear insights and advice that will help you think about life's new challenges in new, more positive ways. These stories will help you be a better wife, husband, parent and friend. Above all they will help you become a better you - because the more we understand why we do what we do, the more we can change ourselves for the better and enjoy the fuller, happier lives we deserve.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Someone at work abandoned a copy of this in the kitchen so, with Draper being in the news, I picked it up out of interest. I read the first 50 pages or so on a train the following day and I was amazed at just how bad it was. I'd kind of assumed that Draper had some talent, albeit the kind of talent I really don't approve of, but how wrong I was. A pointless book that simply rehashes advice from other, much better, works by people with some real understanding of human nature. I can't think that this would have been published if the author hadn't been (in)famous for other reasons.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have to say I gave up after the second chapter
I think the author should stick to politics
I think the author should stick to politics
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My first review has been removed. I presume Derek Draper has complained about negative comments and Amazon have foolishly caved in to him.
Let me repeat it briefly, therefore: I have read several books designed to assist those with mental health problems, particularly depression, and the majority of these offer informed insights and useful advice. This book is not one of them being rather glib, shallow, and vacuous.
The expression "snake oil salesman" comes to mind.
Now go on Derek, start complaining again and see if you can get this one removed. You and your pals really don't like free speech do you?
Let me repeat it briefly, therefore: I have read several books designed to assist those with mental health problems, particularly depression, and the majority of these offer informed insights and useful advice. This book is not one of them being rather glib, shallow, and vacuous.
The expression "snake oil salesman" comes to mind.
Now go on Derek, start complaining again and see if you can get this one removed. You and your pals really don't like free speech do you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fakery
As long as I have a hole in my *rse Draper will never be a psychotherapist. Now, if he had wriiten a book about how to be a (particularly bad) spin doctor/smear campaigner/blogger... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Citizen Nin
Life is too short to read this rubbish
Utter bilge. If you don't have anything better to do with your time and money, you are probably dead
Published on 20 May 2009 by Michael Martin
You Gotta Be Joking
Was this written by a retard? I did not know if he was having a joke or if he has learning difficulties. Certainly not for me.
Published on 19 May 2009 by martin
How to save a drowning man...
...if you would care enough to save the author from the current, self inflicted predicament in which he finds himself, then by all means throw him a lifeline and buy this... Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by Sarah Tourette
Don't Waste Your Time
This book is simply awful.
I looked at the reviews upon this website and suspected immediately they may have been written by politically motivated critics. Read more
I looked at the reviews upon this website and suspected immediately they may have been written by politically motivated critics. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by A. B C.
A thoughtful, engaging read
I have read the other reviews and find them shallow. They were obviously written by Conservatives with no interest in or awareness of the complexities of our inner worlds. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by Anna Price
The Hannibal Lecter vegetarian cookbook
This book contains sections entitled "Telling the truth", "Acting your age", and "Being your own worst enemy". Really, it does. Check the "Look inside" feature. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by schlockhorror
Poor Read
I read this through and didn't really enjoy it. Plot was thin, and was very amatuerish, waste of a read.
Published on 16 April 2009 by LB
I read this whilst cleaning the Moat
...and a very good read it was too! Surprisingly, since I only had the front and back covers to read. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by Oldraver
Dire
Pick any other self help book in the Amazon catalogue and it will be better than this. Dire.
Published on 15 April 2009 by Giant Haystacks
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