About the book Non-epileptic seizures (NEAD) can be confusing, frustrating, and have a significant impact on daily life and confidence. Friends, family, and even healthcare professionals often struggle to understand the condition, leaving people feeling isolated and unsupported. Taking you behind the scenes of live clinical practice, this book offers a pragmatic guide to understanding NEAD. Using rare insight, through an in-depth case study, it provides an honest and realistic look at what treatment can involve. Alongside this, it introduces helpful strategies to support daily life, focusing on communication, emotional expression, managing dissociation, and value-based living. Whether you’re waiting for therapy, supporting someone with NEAD, or a professional looking to improve your understanding, this book offers clarity and practical tools to navigate life with dissociative seizures. No quick fixes, just realistic, useful insights from clinical practice, written with real people in mind. About the author Dr. James Spiers is a British psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in England, UK. He is an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society and currently works in full time clinical practice, specialising in the treatment of persisting anxiety disorders, trauma, and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).