Unshackled Mind: A Doctor’s Journey of Healing and Resilience
‘A Moving and Powerful Story we all need to pay attention to’
JOHANN HARI
N E W YORK TIMES
BEST SELLING AUTHOR
‘A Truly Remarkable Story by a Truly Remarkable Woman’
SAMI TIMIMI
CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST
Cathy’s latest book is a corrective to her previous books having completely changed her mind about how she view’s psychiatry and the causes of her emotional breakdown which occured in her early 30s. It has taken decades to reach this new positioning but it is vital that what is already in the public arena through her other books is thoroughly explained.
Published by The Book Guild on 28th February 2025
Available now from all bookshops, WHSmith and Amazon.
U n s h a c k l e d M i n d is a story of hope and resilience, written by an A&E doctor who endured years as a psychiatric patient, diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression.
Cathy’s life has been a constant battle, marked by frequent hospital detentions, episodes of suicidal thoughts, and self-harm. Despite psychiatry’s best efforts to treat her—including numerous medications, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and even brain surgery—these interventions only deepened her suffering.
However, through profound self-discovery, she uncovered the true causes of her emotional turmoil, sparking a transformative shift in her mindset.
U n s h a c k l e d M i n d outlines her extraordinary journey to freedom and the remarkable healing that followed.
Life After Darkness
My original memoir is Life After Darkness – which remains an accurate account of what happened but nonetheless is coloured by my trust in the biomedical model of psychiatry where I was told I suffered from a biological depression.
‘This book should become required reading for every medical student, doctor, nurse, health service manager and politician.’ PROF. KEITH MATTHEWS (from the Foreward)
‘Works against the stigma that mental illness brings.’ THE TELEGRAPH
‘Cathy’s honesty is to be applauded. Having spoken to many doctors and nurses who have read her book I can offer Cathy one concrete piece of praise: our practice will change because of what you have written.’ EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL
‘I have read many true-life stories about women who have battled with depression but none of them touched me as much as Cathy Wield’s. It’s an amazing story.’ WOMAN
‘Full of hope. Important.’ SOCIETY OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRISTS
A Thorn In My Mind; mental illness, stigma and the church
This book is no longer available at the author’s request because it no longer reflects what Cathy Wield truly believes.
Cathy Wield 