I am thrilled to be on this tour.
So, what's cooking?
Kitchen Therapy explains the rationale behind the use of food - cooking and eating it - as a therapeutic endeavour. Rather than focusing on physical nutrition, Kitchen Therapy directs attention onto the way we feed ourselves within social and nurturing environments, using the cooking process to understand ourselves and build a healthier, more integrated future, together. In a mechanised, materialistic world focused on what we can measure, this presents a return to the kitchen as a place of creativity, of nurture and connection, a place where one can listen and respond to the needs of the psyche. This book is for anyone interested in creative, accessible, relevant, inclusive self-development, and edible spirituality that you can practise in a kitchen near you. Practitioners in the helping professions will find ideas for self-care, community and client practice, with useful material for creative therapy and attachment courses.
Bobs and Books honest review:
This book does have some fresh thinking when it comes to being in kitchen.
As someone who hates cooking and wanted to change my mindset, I think this is a helpful starting point.
I think more links to eating disorders, and cooking for one would have been beneficial. There is a lot packed in, so this feels more like a dip into read when you want something rather than a read from start to finish type of book.
A great read for foodies, and a wonderful concoction of recipes. As a fussy eater, I can honestly say that there is something for everyone.
About the author:
Charlotte trained as a psychodynamic counsellor in 2009 and has been accredited since 2015. Initial train in Anthropology and Social Philosophy provided the theoretical backbone for her work, inspired by Jungian depth-psychology. People, their stories and communities, have been an abiding fascination, leading to further training in Systemic Family Therapy. Her time as a secondary school teacher culminated in being head of Drama at a boarding school for dyslexic, autistic spectrum and ADHD students. Here she developed multi-sensory, adaptive and flexible approaches to working with life's variety of people, situations and potential. Kitchen Therapy has been in development since her 1970s childhood, split between her grandmother's home cooking and her working mother's boil in the bag TV dinners. She integrates therapy with cooking to enhance personal and social wellbeing in individuals, families and groups, from her garden studio, outdoors, when she can, or in a space large enough for a kitchen, people and laughter.
Out now.
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