I was really not sure what to expect from this book suffice to say my reading genre is Murders and Mysteries,

I did find the methods for helping sex offenders in prison very interesting however, I felt there was a lot of psychology jargon and I felt that the book was rather a training manual for psychologists.

I would like to that Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review. .

An interesting and thought provoking true story of the early start in Dr Rebecca Myers’s career as a psychologist working alongside some of Britain’s most serious sexual offenders. Rebecca and a colleague introduce a group of paeophiles and rapists to a form of rehabilitation and reflection on their crimes. Can a sex offender been reformed and be reintegrated into society and not revert back to their past behaviours. Whilst the subject matter was uncomfortable reading Rebecca works hard to try and change the men’s thought process about the reasons why their crimes were committed, it truly is an insight read.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Just an okay read for me - the subject matter is very harrowing and I think it is too text book psychology to be of interest to a wide audience. The author describes an admirable ability to engage with these men and to humanise them but it was just a bit much for me and I struggled to have any sympathy for them..

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book it includes lot's of details about very dark material and is not a light hearted read.

I think that the work she did must of been very hard to switch off from and especially with the amount of graphic detail was included within the treatment plans for the prisoners.

I found it very insightful to see a woman working in what used to be a very male dominated area. It just shows how far we have come as a society.

Wasn't sure about this initially as the subject matter is very dark but the author gives a professional and fascinating insight into the minds and treatment programmes of individuals who have committed the most heinous crimes.

It's not for the faint hearted as both the crimes and the SOTP are graphically described but while very hard-hitting the book is food for thought for the throw away the key mentality. Can people really be rehabilitated?

The author also explores her own 'issues' and how she relates them to the men she is working with is interesting - is it a matter of there but for the grace of God?

Is enjoy the right word? Maybe not but I am glad I read it and would recommend.

This book is such a great insight into life in HMP Graymoor. A notorious all-male population of sex offenders, murderers Rapists, and child molesters. If your of a nervous disposition I would suggest putting it down now.

At the young age of 22 Rebecca Myers is newly qualified as a psychologist entering this frightening place.
She blushes when coming into contact with the prison officers and inmates which opens her up to ridicule. Being so young she has no life experiences and you wonder why she is there.
Throughout the story (nonfiction) you see the world of the prisoners and their lives through her eyes, whilst she has them in therapy and also throughout daily life in prison.
As the story unfolds you hear about their heinous crimes, written in graphic detail as she saw it.
A well-written descriptive book.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book. xx

This was an insightful read. I really appreciate the respect Dr. Rebecca Myers has clearly maintained for the men under her care and more importantly their victims. In what could have easily been an account of their actions in great details it really does focus on her and her work with the prisons. It gives you enough information to capture the emotions and atmosphere as we begin her career as a forensic psychologist at HMP Graymoor.

As to be expected this book maybe a trigger for some. The TW’s I’d suggest are: rape, murder, suicide, domestic violence/gaslighting, hostage, child abuse

Absolutely fascinating. It was hard to read, yet told in a real engaging style that made it all so real. The book follows a group of 6 prisoners as they go through therapy as a group. We hear their stories and the impact this has on the guards and psychiatrists who look to support them. It was like having an eye in the door of a cell as conversations happened about how and why crimes were committed. The life of murderers and rapists laid bare and shown to be human,

Dr Rebecca Myers takes us through some of her early days as a psychologist working in a prison.

This is a really detailed and at times heavy read. It dealsw ith sex offenders and does go into details about their crimes which could be hard to read. It was an interesting persepctive to see them trying to change. Its a very honest book as we get to see the impact and self discovery that she goes through as well. A good read.

I found this fascinating and appreciated how self aware the author was. There was also limited use of jargon.

She personalised the offenders without dwelling on their crimes .

All in all an interesting read.

I was given an advance copy by netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely my own

Inside Job tell the memoirs of Prison Psychologist, Rebecca Myers. We join her age 22 as a newly qualified Psychologist starting work at HMP Grayland, home to over 800 murderers and rapists. Rebecca talks the readers through her time working at the prison and, in particular, focusses on the Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP) and the prisoners she met whilst facilitating this course.

This is not an 'easy' read, there is some graphic detail of the offences and it is both disturbing and fascinating at the same time. I particularly enjoyed watching Rebecca grow and learn as a Psychologist, using the post-session debriefs to apply the same techniques to her own life and analyse herself as a person.

My thanks to NetGalley and the Publishers for sending me this ARC in return for an honest review.

Written by a Forensic Psychologist Rebecca finds herself in a category A prison after attaining her degree in psychology. Her aim is to try and make the prisoners see why they have committed their horrendous crimes and the causes.
The prisoners are either murderers, paedophiles or sadists. A nasty bunch to say the least.
The book follows their progress during group therapy sessions.
Not a book for the faint hearted although true.

A thought provoking read, although by it's nature an uncomfortable one. Trigger warnings for just about everything as although Dr Myers doesn't sensationalise anything and leaves lots of details out there are details of crimes and behaviour that would disturb most people.

It's different to other memoirs as it's more a focus on a small group of male offenders she works with in her early 20s as a new graduate and what they do in the sex offender therapy. Certainly thrown in at the deep end!

There's a lot to think about on how prisons are therapies are funded (or not), rehabilitation, and what this means for all our safety.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Read and reviewed in exchange for a free copy from NetGalley. This was an interesting book. I was expecting a a series of vignettes about different events/incidents/people in her career like many of the other fly on the wall biographies, but this was a longer form memoir about a course Myers ran. It was interesting reading about the stories of those she worked with and the course, although I presume much of it was representative rather than the actual events to protect the confidentiality of those involved.

Dr Rebecca Myers’s is a young forensic psychologist describing her experience of working with some of the UK’s most dangerous murderers, rapists and paedophiles.

I really enjoyed it, more than I thought I would. It’s a frank and honest account of her role in the SOTP (Sex Offender Treatment Programme) which was rolled out across Her Majesty’s Prison Service in England and Wales in the early 1990’s. It’s a Cognitive Behavioural programme which aims to help prisoners change their thinking and in doing so change their behaviour.

I am very interested in psychology, and in my working life, facilitated ,,,,, Child Protection courses for medical personnel, so this was subject matter that interested me hugely and I found the whole thing fascinating. I also found myself changing my thoughts (to a degree) about these men who commit such awful crimes as you learn a lot about their history and the sort of childhoods they had to endure. So much of it made such perfect sense that I was really rooting for the programme and for Rebecca and her colleagues who were facilitating it.

It’s well written and I liked the honesty of the author in admitting to her own imperfections and her attempts to correct or improve them.

There are some pretty hideous back stories and descriptions of their crimes and there were parts of the programme that I found myself questioning, namely the role playing activity, which sounded incredibly stressful not to mention possibly triggering to the men.

My thanks go to Dr Rebecca Myers’s, the publishers and to NetGalley for an advanced e-copy of this book. However, this review is entirely my own opinion.

A solid non fiction book about the intricacies and horror of psychology treatment programs for sexual offenders.

This reads quite like a paper on the subject and I can’t imagine too many people being in the market for this book, but it was very much true to life in my experience.

Fascinating insight into the work of a newly qualified forensic psychologist and her work with sex offenders in a men’s prison. Despite their horrific offences the author is able to remain hopeful of rehabilitation or at least understanding and self-insight as she helps them challenge their own cognitive distortions. The parallel with her own experience of relationships brings authenticity culminating in hostage situation where for once, she knows the victim not just the perpetrator.

I tried to read this book quickly as I realised it was about to be published. My review is a day after publication date. Thank you Netgalley for an advance copy. Needless to say, I was not able to read it fast although I found it compulsive reading. I don’t normally read non fiction but chose to read this as it is partly a memoir. Dr Rebecca Myles reveals quite a bit about herself partly to give the reader an idea of why she chose to work in a male psychiatric prison. There were bits of her story that I would have done differently but I admire her for opening up so much about her own history. I have always been interested in CBT and although this takes CBT to a different level, you can see how behaviour can be changed. However, the stories are harrowing. I haven’t read such a disturbing book since I read “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” which gave me nightmares. I would think the families of these men would want them to rot in jail for the horrific crimes they did but in a country where there is no death penalty (briefly discussed), it seems humane to give the men a way to change their behaviour and feel that somebody is interested in them. A brave book by a brave woman!.

Absolutely fascinating and insightful book.

I read a lot of crime fiction and listen to a lot of true crime podcasts so I’m used to graphic content but be aware this book is very graphic and affecting.

Gives an insight in to how people end up where they are.

Dr Rebecca Myers revisits her time in the ‘Hot Seat’ with Graymoor’s infamous inmates.
Interesting book. Horrendous crimes but interesting to see how sex offenders are treated. It would have been good to know what happened to the inmates in the book but still a good read.