James Withey

James Withey is author of the best selling book 'How to Tell Depression to Piss Off'. The follow up book, 'How to Tell Anxiety to Sod Off ' also published by Little, Brown came out in January 2022. 'How to Get to Grips with Grief', was published by Little, Brown in July 2022. 'How to Smash Stress' was published by Little, Brown in March 2023. His seventh book, 'How to Sort your Self Esteem' will be published in November 2024. He is the founder of The Recovery Letters project which publishes letters from people recovering from depression, addressed to people experiencing it. The Recovery Letters book was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Hachette) in July 2017. The book was selected for World Book Night 2018 and as a Reading Well title in the same year. Cosmopolitan magazine named The Recovery Letters as 'One of the 12 mental health books everyone should read'. The sequel to The Recovery Letters book, 'What I Do to Get Through: How to Run, Swim, Cycle, Sew, or Sing Your Way Through Depression' was published by Jessica Kingsley in Feb 2021. James has been published in thirteen different countries and in numerous languages worldwide. James lives in Hove, East Sussex in the UK with his husband and emotionally damaged rescue cats. He likes yoghurt, a lot. He writes and speaks about depression, anxiety, grief, stress, mental health and mental illness. Get in touch, he'd love to hear from you.