About

So – you have a looong "should read" list? You're inundated by suggestions from clients, colleagues, or newsletters you've never unsubscribed from? You have a stack of quarter-read books collecting dust? 

Welcome to Psyched About Books! A clinically-oriented book club for readers who are frazzled, well-intentioned, and mostly motivated by shame. 

Bi-monthly meetings will be held on Sunday afternoons and will last approximately 2 hours. Discussions will focus on what you loved, learned, or hated. And there will be plenty of opportunities to mingle and lol. 

Currently hosted online. So BYO snacks and drinks (especially) are strongly encouraged. 

Didn't finish the book? That's okay! Pretend you did. Or pull a real life skip-to-the-last-page, and find out how it all ends. Come as is. Be fallible. Like any good therapist, we'll meet you where you are – literally. 

It's going to be terrible. Psych! It's going to be great.

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