Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

52 reviews

melincincy23's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

annamary54's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book. I cried, I laughed, I highlighted A LOT. This book has inspired me to look for another therapist after my many failed therapy attempts. I did not expect this book to effect (idk which a/effect to use here I hope I did it right) me as much as it did. Will definitely be purchasing this book and telling everyone to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical content and Drug abuse

roveronez's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a great book! Lori Gottlieb talks about her life, how she became a therapist, and her struggles as well as the life challenges of her patients in such way that we feel like we're reading a novel. So many insights, the kind of book that naturally teaches you so much about psychology and gives you tools to cope with your own struggles without sounding like a "self-help" book. I loved it! ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Alcoholism

bookwren314's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Child abuse

raissasreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

leo dicaprio pointing meme whenever i see smth that proves i did learn from my psych degree 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Cancer and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, and of course, I’m obsessed with trying to figure out who John is and what’s the name of his show!

I liked her thoughtfulness and deliberateness with her patients. I liked knowing she is also someone who needs a therapist as well. It’s given me a new lens to look at me in therapist through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

cj5300's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Did not expect to get so emotionally attached to many of the characters in this book. I cried at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

floralfox's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, and Child abuse

michfiske5's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

katiebowers's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I think about this book a lot, months after reading it, but I don’t know if that makes it a good book. The voyeur in me, the person that loves gossip, gets a lot out of a book like this, but as a social worker, I don’t know how I feel about a mass-marketed book that delves into people’s personal stories, delivered under the condition of anonymity. I’m sure they consented, I’m sure the details are changed. But this has fed the gossiper more than the therapist in me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse