60-Second Therapy

A compassionate and powerful new guide to reduce stress, overwhelm, anxiety, and burnout - from mental health educator, therapist, and founder of The Pocket Psychologist, Millie Hardie. ‘Your brain is fancy Play-Doh. It can always be reshaped.’ Psychologist Millie Hardie hears the same thing every day: people are overwhelmed, stressed and exhausted. With so much for our brains to process, anxiety, self-doubt and burnout can start to feel normal. But when you understand how your brain works, everything begins to shift. Drawing on her clinical expertise, evidence-based approaches and trauma-informed practice, Millie makes complex psychology easy to understand. Using simple, memorable metaphors inspired by her wildly popular sixty-second psychology videos, she shares practical tools and powerful mindset shifts that can lead to lasting change. Inside you'll discover how to: manage stress and anxiety with practical psychological techniques break cycles of overwhelm, self-doubt and burnout better understand your thoughts, emotions and behavioural patterns build healthier habits for emotional wellbeing develop a kinder, more resilient mindset Every chapter finishes with a 60-Second Therapy page: a one-minute mental reset for the moments when life feels too much. When your brain is overloaded, a minute is often all it can take in. In a world of constant scrolling and endless advice, this is a book you'll return to again and again – a chance to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and find clarity, perspective and calm.