Controlled Explosions in Mental Health: A Compassionate Guide to Understanding Why Our Brains Self-Sabotage, Self-Criticise, and Self-Harm - Paperback

by Charlie Heriot-Maitland (Author)

Have you ever wondered why your brain self-sabotages? Or why your actions seem self-defeating or destructive? This book explores how our brains have evolved to favour survival over mental well-being - creating 'controlled explosions' - and provides practical ways to understand, acknowledge and diffuse them.

Author Biography

Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland is a clinical psychologist, researcher, author, and trainer. Having started his career as a therapist in NHS mental health services, he co-founded an organization in 2012 called Balanced Minds, which specialises in providing Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and self-help resources for the public, and CFT training and consultation for professionals and organisations.