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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
69 reviews
breanneporter's review
4.5
Lori has a distinctive writing voice and a way of ending every chapter with a lesson or a cliffhanger that took some getting used to, for me, but overall I liked the short digestible chapters and how the story flowed and how she slowly revealed more to the reader, never rushing for us understand faster than we needed to. I struggled a bit to finish around the middle, which knocked it down a bit from a 5, but I wonder if I had read it via audio (instead of digital) if it would have been a 5. Either way, I don’t think everyone would enjoy this but I would recommend to anyone interested in the human condition, in therapy, in a unique kind of memoir, in a book that makes them reflect on themselves and their pasts and their attitudes toward living. Thank you Lori, for ditching that last contract so you could write this instead!
Graphic: Grief, Death, Cancer, and Child death
roveronez's review
5.0
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
fkshg8465's review against another edition
4.0
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.
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
michfiske5's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism
mariamarsbar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Death
Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
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
cylite's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Chronic illness
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
ju_harue's review against another edition
5.0
Achei a forma como foi exposto e escrito as histórias e exemplos, foi muito respeitosa e honesta. Acompanhar alguns pacientes em paralelo em como reverbarava na Lori, foi especial, enfim, uma leitura que eu amei muito, apesar de ter sofrido em muitos momentos.
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Stalking, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Alcoholism
hadsbaker's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Cancer, Mental illness, Child death, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
vanesst's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage