[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-6931-EN":3},{"published":4,"tile_image":5,"pk":6,"tags":7,"permalink":8,"tile_alt":9,"posted":10,"title":11,"summary":12,"pinned":13,"body":14,"ex_artist":13,"ex_news":13,"news_id":15,"images":16},"2026-04-23T20:00:00","blog_6931_639125745525406343.jpg","news","#painterly#conceptual#books#realistic#publishing#symbolism#surreal#psychology#book cover#usa#diego abreu#","\u002Fnews\u002F6931\u002Ftherapy_nation","\"Therapy Nation\" book cover design","2026-04-23T20:00:00#6931","Therapy Nation","Jonathan Alpert's latest non-fiction title, published by HarperCollins is adorned with a surreal cover by \u003Ca href=\"\u002FDiegoAbreu\">Diego Abreu\u003C\u002Fa>.",false,"\u003Cp>For 'Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided', Diego's art reimagines the Statue of Liberty in a surprising way, lying on a therapist’s couch with her eyes closed, caught in a moment of quiet reflection. Stripped of her usual green and shown instead in soft grey-ivory tones, she feels familiar but slightly unmoored.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>There’s a dry humour in the concept, but it never tips away from the book’s more serious thread, echoing its questions around therapy culture, identity, and the collective state of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Released next month, you can pre-order the book \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fharpercollins.co.uk\u002Fproducts\u002Ftherapy-nation-how-america-got-hooked-on-therapy-and-why-its-left-us-more-anxious-and-divided-jonathan-alpert?variant=56088427397499\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>",6931,[17,18],{"alt":9,"filename":5},{"alt":19,"filename":20},"Illustration by Diego Abreu featuring Statue of Liberty on therapist couch","blog_6931_639125745688359404.jpg"]