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Becky Bexley the child genius goes to university at a much younger age than most people do. She copes with the coursework, but has a few unexpected difficulties.Things begin well, as she makes friends she has fun with, and finds herself giving one of her psychology tutors some psychological help.She has a laugh working on a local community radio station with other students, and interviews the brother of a founder member of the pop group Fleetwood Mac.The paranormal comes up for skeptical and sometimes amusing discussion after a student tells the others about scary night-time experiences he's been having that seem to be supernatural.However, at a Christmas party in the psychology department, a succession of stressful events begins involving tutors behaving badly that makes Becky worry she risks being thrown out of university.Becky's advice is based on genuine therapy techniques and psychological research, and the books in this series combine humour with handy information.

Child genius Becky Bexley entices a group of her fellow university students to play a rowdy game in class for fun one day that has worried tutors coming to investigate what's going on.On another day, she and a group of other students have a long long discussion where they talk about such things as world leaders taking foolish risks, false rumours, and interviews with transsexuals, and tell stories about scams and broken friendships. The discussion often becomes humorous though, as they tell each other funny news stories, make up jokes, and think up wacky ideas for fun.

Even from the moment she was born, it was clear that Becky Bexley was not like other children. Her family were shocked by her behaviour!Just a few years later, and she's in secondary school, often seeming wiser than her teachers. She does her best to help people, whether they like it or not. She has advice for her teachers when they want to give up smoking, gives a boy advice he uses to stop himself being teased, and even gives the headmaster some advice on improving the school's anti-bullying strategy.She helps people outside school too, including rescuing her mum from a con artist. She even gets to go to the White House, where she ends up giving the president advice about his behaviour!He invites her to help some politicians with the depression they have. But will a few tactless remarks she makes and their own fierce disagreements unwittingly stirred up by some of the insights she tries to pass on ruin her efforts?Becky's advice is based on genuine therapy techniques and psychological research, and the books in this series combine humour with handy information.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at university, some for charity. She turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy. She also helps a girl overcome post-traumatic stress disorder, and a little boy with an anxiety problem blighting his life. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the effects of alcohol on the body.Becky's advice is based on genuine therapy techniques and psychological research, and the books in this series combine humour with handy information.