Welcome to a revolutionary new way to boost your psychological health and turn back the rising tide of mental illness. Metaphorical reasoning is the operating system of the human mind and visual cognition happens in a jaw-dropping 13 milliseconds. Metaphorical Therapy is a complete therapeutic system that exploits the speed of our primary innate systems of reasoning by harnessing the power of expertly targeted and interlinked visual metaphors. It is a totally unique and innovative delivery system that has the potential to turbocharge established modes of psychotherapy. It is also an unparalleled way to deliver essential psychological education to everyone from adults to very young children. Metaphorical Therapy is fast, flexible and deeper than the Mariana Trench. But it's also bright, vibrant, creative and heaps of fun. If you are a mental health service provider or just someone who wants to be more psychologically resilient, avoid mental illness and live a happier life; this book is for you. Born at the clinical coalface over more than 30 years of hands-on consulting psychiatry, Metaphorical Therapy? is an iconoclastic approach to therapy and psychological education that harnesses the unparalleled speed and power of metaphors and visual metaphors in particular to trigger the intuitive understanding that is an essential precursor to making behavioural changes that help maintain mental health. Pragmatic, informative, educational, empathetic and occasionally snort-coffee-all-over-yourself funny.