New Book Launch
NEW BOOK LAUNCH
You Can't Make This Up
Stories from the Counselling Room.
Inside the counselling room:
Real stories. Real change.
Written by Mariska van der Meulen and Alicia Oosthuizen, the book explores the emotional realities, resilience, heartbreak, hope, and transformation that emerge through the counselling process.
Authentic, anonymous storytelling.
Suitable for Counsellors, helping professionals and anyone interested in the human experience.
Purchase Your Digital Copy
Kindle edition available from Amazon
Approximately R165 - Depends on exchange rate
PDF Version available from our website store
R 165
The Kindle edition can be read on:
- Kindle devices
- The free Kindle app for iPhone & iPad
- Android phones and tablets
- Windows and Mac computers
What really happens in the Counselling room?
Not tidy answers or textbook psychology, but real people bringing their fears, secrets, grief, and hope into the same space.
Some of the stories that unfold there are so unexpected, so deeply human, you almost feel like saying: You can’t make this up.
People often imagine therapy as a quiet conversation in a comfortable room.
But what unfolds there is far more complex, fragile, and deeply human than most of us realise.
You Can’t Make This Up: Stories from the Counselling Room opens the door to the private space where people bring the parts of their lives they have never spoken about before. These are not academic case studies or clinical explanations. They are real human stories, moments where grief, fear, shame, hope, love, and resilience all find their way into the same room.
Across a series of powerful encounters, readers witness what happens when people begin to speak honestly about the struggles they carry. There are stories of relationships under strain, thoughts that feel frightening and confusing, memories that refuse to fade, and the quiet longing many people share: to be seen, understood, and accepted.
Written by two experienced counsellors, the book offers a rare glimpse into the emotional world of therapy. It explores not only the lives of those who seek help, but also the responsibility, reflection, and humanity involved in the work of the therapist. The counselling room becomes a place where difficult truths are faced, where vulnerability is possible, and where small shifts in understanding can begin to change a life.
These stories remind us that behind every person we meet is a story far more complicated than we might imagine. They also show that healing rarely arrives in dramatic breakthroughs. More often it begins quietly, through listening, honesty, and the courage to sit with what is difficult.
All stories have been carefully anonymised and adapted to protect confidentiality while preserving the emotional truth of the experiences.