Melanie McGrath

Writer and Psychotherapist, London, UK

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Melanie McGrath is a writer whose books include Give Me the Child (2017) and The Guilty Party (2019). She is also a trauma-informed integrative psychotherapist based in North London, and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Written by Melanie McGrath

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PLEASURES AND PASTIMES

On the consolatory pleasure of jigsaws when the world is in bits

It’s not memory that makes us human but meaning-making. When life falls apart, jigsaw puzzles help us put some pieces back

by Melanie McGrath

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TRADITIONAL ARTS

Could the art of ‘sashiko’ help to mend our frayed world?

The Japanese art of ‘sashiko’ celebrates the rough edges of life. Could this be the patchwork solution for our frayed selves?

by Melanie McGrath