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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
4 reviews
jemmo's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Miscarriage, Medical content, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infertility, and Death of parent
headinthepages's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Chronic illness, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
udari's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent
ibeforem's review
5.0
Gottlieb is a therapist who ended up there in a roundabout way. She started out a writer for TV, which then inspired her to pursue a medical career. But when she discovered that most medical specialties wouldn't allow her to really get to know her patients, nor continue to write, she found psychotherapy -- a discipline that would allow her to scratch both those itches.
When we meet Gottlieb, she's been blindsided by her long-time boyfriend. He declares that he's no longer interested in having a child (her son) around and being a father again, so they break up. Gottlieb starts spiraling, caught between wanting to change his mind and bring him back and wanting to scream from the rooftops about what a jerk he is. When she can't find satisfaction from her friends and family, she decides she needs to get her own therapist to tell her how right she is and how wrong he is.
The book follows Gottlieb through her own therapy, but also through her treatment of 4 patients -- an assholish TV writer, a woman who has been told she's terminally ill, an elderly woman who feels there's nothing left for her to live for, and a young woman who is afraid she is addicted to everything from alcohol to men to Gottlieb herself. (In case you are concerned, her patients give permission for her to use their stories, but details are changed and composites created.) Much like her patients, Gottlieb doesn't tell us everything about her life up-front. As the book goes on, more pieces of the puzzle are revealed, both by Gottlieb and the people she is treating.
I've seen some reviews asking "what's the point of this?" I think this book does a few important things. First, it normalizes therapy. These people are victims of horrific trauma or diagnosed with major personality disorders. They're just people. And honestly, I think everyone needs to go to therapy at least once in their life. Second, Gottlieb gives voice to the insecurities we feel when we take that step to begin therapy. How is this supposed to work? Where should I sit? Are they telling other people things about me? Am I too boring? Are my problems not big enough? Am I doing this wrong? From the other side of the couch, she is looking at us and saying "I am you, and I see you."
So if you read this and think "maybe I should talk to someone?" then the answer is YES. Please go talk to someone, and feel better.
Moderate: Terminal illness and Infidelity
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Miscarriage