“An author, artist and advocate with the ability to take mental health matters seriously whilst still retaining the ability to laugh.”
My name is Ian and I am the author of "A Handbook for the recently Traumatised", a darkly humorous, illustrated look at living with trauma using movies/tv/music to illuminate the subject and to cut through all the doom and gloom of the normal style trauma book, which is extremely dry and hard to read, and currently seem to be the only books to litter the market in this particular field. It should be hitting the shelves on the 23rd April 2025. Alongside this I am an artist and am working towards my first exhibition.
I have been diagnosed with severe CPTSD and Covert Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder) obviously, both these effect my writing and my artwork. I am a vocal advocate for abuse survivors of every kind, especially trying to raise awareness of domestic abuse (with a slant towards domestic violence against men - and the lack of understanding and resources for it).
When I take off my serious hat, I enjoy art, be it painting, drawing, animation or pottery. I enjoy baking, designing jewellery, being outside and driving things very fast. Oh and obviously writing.
