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Philippa Perry: I’m easily distracted from writing, I’d much rather hang out with humans
Philippa Perry has come to a small cottage in the countryside, far from her north London home, to get some quiet writing time. The psychotherapist and author is too easily distracted when near her family and friends. “Here I can just keep my own hours and not be interrupted by anybody wanting to hang out.” How is it going? “It’s miserable. I’d much rather hang out.”
She is not generally tempted away from her desk by husband of 30 years, artist Grayson Perry, as he is usually in his studio, making ceramics and tapestries. “I do go there and make pottery sometimes, though,” she says, as anyone who saw her in the Perrys’ uplifting Channel 4 series Art Club will know.
Her bigger weakness is 29-year-old illustrator daughter Flo. “If it’s a choice between work and hanging out with my daughter, I’m hopeless.” Yet even here, in this oasis of writerly calm, the 63-year-old can’t resist the lure of distraction. A giant lorry is reversing into the neighbour’s drive and causing constern
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Philippa Perry
British psychotherapist and author (born 1 November 1957)
Philippa, Lady Perry (néeFairclough; born 1 November 1957), is a British integrative psychotherapist and author.
She has written the graphic novel Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy (2010),[1]How to Stay Sane (2012),[2]The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) (2019). The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *(and maybe a few you don't) (2023).
Early life
Lady Perry was born in Warrington, Cheshire. Her mother's family owned a cotton mill and her father inherited a civil engineering company and a farm. She was educated at Abbots Bromley School for Girls[3] and at a Swiss finishing school where she learnt to ski.[4][5]
She worked as a litigation clerk, an enquiry agent, and a McDonald's employee. She went to Middlesex Polytechnic where she gained a degree in Fine Art as a mature student.[6]
Work
In 1985 she trained and volunteered for the Samaritans, af
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