Psychotherapist, author, speaker and agony aunt, Philippa Perry graces the show with her extremely funny and invigorating presence! We talk about her journey into speaking via book tours, and explore the relationship between her authentic self and her performance and therapist voices. We also discover how her career in psychotherapy started as a means of coping with her own loneliness with regard to her 'role-playing' parents, and learn about her envy when her husband Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize. We also ask whether the adoration of strangers is a lasting solution to the 'narcissistic injury' that often sets people on a path to becoming performers...

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