Dr Jessamy Hibberd

Jessamy Hibberd (DClinPsy, MSc, PgDip, BSc) is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, specialising in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for common mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties. She is passionate about psychology and the benefits it can bring. Through both her academic work and her practice she endeavours to make CBT easy to understand and accessible.

Jessamy is registered with the Health Professions Council and is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). After her doctorate in Clinical Psychology, she completed a post-graduate diploma in CBT and is accredited with the BABCP. Having worked for over eight years in the NHS, she set up her own practice. Her doctorate, completed for The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Most recently she worked for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in their Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Team, providing assessment and treatment for anxiety disorders, depression and more severe and enduring mental health problems. Alongside this work, she has experience of consultation and teaching.

One of the UK's few young, media-friendly clinical psychologists, Jessamy is co-author of the bestselling THIS BOOK WILL… series published by Quercus, which aims to make psychology accessible and easy to understand. Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), they are practical, straight-forward and packed full of strategies that are proven to work. Each book provides clear and simple ways to overcome problems leading to immediate results as well as long-term change. Jess is a mother of 3 and lives in Hove, Sussex. Her new book - on Imposter Syndrome - will be published in 2019.

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'Advice that really works' Good Housekeeping

'The answer to all my problems!' Katie Piper

'Make-it-happen-manuals: the This Book Will series [...] has no cringey therapy-speak, just lots of clever strategies and practical tips.' Zest

'Aims to give you the tools to understand why you feel, think and behave the way you do--and then to change it.' Female First
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'There is so much in this that I highlighted that I could quote the entire book! I read a lot of self-help books . . . Some I walk away knowing I didn't take anything away but I didn't lose anything but time. In this one, however, I am keeping it on my Kindle and may wind up getting it in paperback just so I have it handy.' Creating Serenity