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Open When: A Companion for Life's Twists & Turns―Research-Backed Skills for Managing Vulnerability and Responding to Mental Health Challenges Spiral-Bound | 2024-12-31

Julie Smith

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Julie Smith (@drjulie) returns with this highly anticipated handbook full of "break in case of emergency" advice for dealing with mental health challenges in the moment they occur. In this essential guide, Dr. Julie teaches her millions of readers and clients how to navigate life's toughest occurrences while they're happening, rather than moments or years after the fact. What if we can learn to harness our emotions and stay present so we can process and choose how to respond to a situation? Picking up where Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? leaves off, Dr. Julie shares the research-backed concepts and powerful skills we can use to weather our most vulnerable moments. Learn how to move through any situation with grace, including: When it's hard to be with yourself: facing vulnerability alone, dealing with your inner critic, and handling imposter syndrome. When it's hard to be with other people: dealing with betrayal and knowing what to do when you (or your parents) got it wrong. When it's hard to be with your feelings: coping with loneliness, fear, and hopelessness When you're healing from the past: getting out of a trauma response and learning how to stop ruminating about old events. When you're looking to the future: preventing making the same mistakes, tackling uncertainty, and finding your path. Open When teaches each of us to find and listen to the positive voice within when we need it most, and to care for our future selves and our mental health. Read more
Publisher: HarperOne
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336 pages
Item Weight: 1.03 lbs
Dimensions: 5.58 x 1.11 x 8.88 inches
“Smart, insightful, and warm. Dr. Julie is both the expert and wise friend we all need.”  - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the "Dear Therapists" podcast, on Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
"Now more than ever, people are struggling with their mental health and Dr. Julie Smith delivers in a big way in "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before." Her practical tips and tools are for anyone struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, or depression. Readers will step away from this book feeling more resilient and able to take control of their own lives. If you want to feel like you have a therapist sitting across from you, empowering you with how to be your best self, this book is for you!" - Nicole LePera, New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work, on Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
“Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist in her debut book, Dr. Julie Smith provides readers with the skills they need to fortify and maintain their mental health.” - Fortune on Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
“Warm and welcoming. Smith focuses on weighty topics that we all contend with, such as stress, grief, fear and self-doubt, and provides suggestions for how to work through these feelings. . . . Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? is seasoned with compassionate insights.”  - BookPage on Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
  • PUBLISHING WITH PRH UK JANUARY 2, 2025
  • STRONG TRACK: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before has sold nearly 230,000 copies in all formats and still sells 3,000-10,000 copies each month—and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.
  • INCREDIBLE PLATFORM: Julie’s platform has grown exponentially since we acquired her first book in 2021. Her TikTok has nearly doubled to 4.7 million followers, her Instagram has doubled to 1.7 million fans, and her following on YouTube has quadrupled to 1.31 million viewers. Her Instagram engagement rate is 2.36%, similar accounts typically hover around 0.79%. She also has 44,000 newsletter subscribers, with an open rate of 43%.
  • CATEGORY-DEFINING LEADER: As one of the very first therapists to use social media to teach readers about mental health—and the biggest one to leverage TikTok—Dr. Julie has emerged as a model thought leader and bestselling author who other therapists, authors, and followers look to for guidance.
  • IDEAL TIMING: We brought Dr. Julie across the pond with Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before, which continues to sell strongly and grew her already robust platform in the US. Open When is primed to break her out in an even bigger way now that US audiences are flocking to her. 
  • ROBUST SPEAKING SCHEDULE: Dr. Julie is a regular speaker, having done 20 events online and in person in 2023 alone. She addresses various audiences and has spoken to companies, including Spotify, Amazon, Meta, and GlaxoSmithKline.
  • STRONG BRAND PARTNERSHIPS: Dr. Julie is a longtime partner with Calm and Samsung, and is the resident psychologist on BBC Radio 1 and the ITV daytime show This Morning.
  • CREDENTIALED AUTHOR: Dr. Julie Smith is a trained clinical psychologist who is both an expert in the field and skilled at having her finger on the pulse of her readers and the cultural moment: she’s received thousands of messages requesting she write a book on this topic.