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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
34 reviews
tracy_j's review
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, and Grief
katara42's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent
cj5300's review
4.25
Graphic: Death and Cancer
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Car accident
Minor: Addiction and Alcohol
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Cancer, Terminal illness, Drug use, Death, Chronic illness, and Addiction
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing
sapphicbookworm23's review against another edition
5.0
As an aspiring psychotherapist, this book gave me an intimate glimpse into the tender, dynamic, and evolutionary client - therapist relationship. I think anyone who appreciates raw, authentic, and deep human connection and honesty will appreciate this book. We all have unique an often painful stories and histories that we carry with us, yet it's so rare for others to learn about them and hold space for them. This book gently forces you reflect on your own life, how you're living in ways that don't align with your values, and a reminder that life is so short. If we knew we had only a few months left to live, most of us would change our priorities and behavior entirely - how can we do that NOW until waiting for our death to near?
Memorable quotes:
Page 332: "The inability to say no is largely about approval-seeking - people imagine that if they say no, they won't be loved by others. The inability to say yes, however - to intimacy, a job opportunity, an alcohol program - is more about lack of trust in one-self. Will I mess this up? Will this turn out badly? Isn't if safer to stay where I am?
Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, and Car accident
Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Death
natlikestoread's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Mental illness
kayfab's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
cturn's review
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Car accident, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Suicide
bookishbisexual's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Child abuse, Addiction, and Child death
katewhite77's review
5.0
About life death, love and the therapists in between.
I would recommend this book to anyone curious about or suspicious about the thereputic process as this very funny and extremely moving memoir gives a fascinating insight from both sides of the couch.
As humans we are all frail but we can be so resistant too. This book shows us how.
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Child death