When Anna Wickins began counselling with her therapist, Paddy Magrane, she could barely speak in their sessions, silenced by traumatic memories from two decades before. But as trust built, Anna felt able to open up and she started to talk about a terrifying ordeal she experienced at university. And as Anna examined her past, a transformation was occurring across the room. Listening to her awakened painful memories in Paddy about the horrors that occurred at the boarding school he attended.

Both Sides of the Couch is a searingly honest account of how counselling shapes both clients and therapists. A unique window into therapy, it shows, for the first time, the journey through the eyes of both participants. Both Sides of the Couch is a moving and inspirational story of healing, of finding light in the darkest of times.