Melanie McGrath

Writer and Psychotherapist, London, UK

Melanie McGrath is a writer whose books include Give Me the Child (2017) and The Guilty Party (2019). She is also a trauma-informed integrative psychotherapist based in North London, and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

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Written by Melanie McGrath

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essaySocial psychology

Good Samaritans after all

It’s a truism of social psychology that witnesses are less likely to intervene if other onlookers are present. Not so

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essayGender

Murder she wrought

Female thrill-killers are rare in crime fiction. Why is it hard to imagine a woman who murders for pleasure not revenge?

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essaySleep and dreams

Stories in the night

Insomnia brings many gifts — the noises of the night, the twist of narrative, and a stolen march on time

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essayBiography and memoir

On the hard red road

As a road cuts into their rainforest home, the Mayagna people consider how much modernity they really want

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