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Philippa Perry (nee Philippa Fairclough), psychotherapist, is the author of the graphic novel, Couch Fiction; a graphic tale of psychotherapy, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. She is married to Grayson Perry, the artist and they have a daughter born in 1992.



Life
Philippa Perry was born in 1957, in Warrington, Cheshire, educated at Boarding School and at a Swiss finishing school. She worked as a litigation clerk, an enquiry agent, a McDonalds’ employee and she also went to Middlesex Polytechnic and gained a degree in Fine Art as a mature student. Married to Turner Prize winner, Grayson Perry in 1992, she is often asked what it is like being married to a transvestite - “Being the wife of a trannie is great, he always makes me look fantastic”. When asked the same question by a Buckingham Palace Press Officer when the Perry’s went to a reception there in 2005 she said, 'As obsessions go, it's better than football’.

Work
In 1985 she trained and volunteered for the Samaritans. After which she trained as a psychotherapist.

Perry worked in the mental health field for twenty years, ten in private practice, before being published.

Publications
In 2010 the academic publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, published her book, Couch Fiction: a graphic tale of psychotherapy. It is a graphic novel that tells a tale between a psychotherapist and her client, from both their perspectives. Underneath the graphic novel boxes, Perry takes the position of commentator and provides footnotes on what might be going on between them and what theories the therapist is drawing on or should be drawing on. There is an afterword by Professor Andrew Samuels.

In addition to Couch Fiction, Perry has published: "Working with Dissociation" The British Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Published by UKAPI Volume 4, Issue 2 (2007) Integraive Practice with an Emphasis on Working with Trauma.

"Relational Marketing" The British Journal of Psychotherapy Integration Published by UKAPI Volume 6, Issue 2 Aspect of the Integrative Endeavour