Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

41 reviews

melissafelicia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was a beautiful story about a therapist whose patients were all going through something difficult, while she herself was also going through something difficult and seeing her own therapist about it. In the end, all the stories came together beautifully. The stories were sometimes heartbreaking, but it was inspiring to see the patients grow/recover/accept/learn to love again. Ultimately, this book was about human connection and growth, mixed with interesting insights and psychology facts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

katara42's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent

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

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

jemmo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

carly_the_librarian's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Cursing, and Miscarriage

Minor: Violence and Domestic abuse

saramoser's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

No rating because memoir/memoir like.
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While reading this book, I often wondered what parts were fiction and what were real to be able to protect the privacy of her patients and therapist. As someone who is in therapy, I enjoyed seeing/reading about therapy from the therapists point of view. I loved the learning aspect of the book, understanding what tactics therapists use and how - not that every therapist uses every tactic mentioned in this book, but it was nice to see. I especially enjoyed reading about termination, how we carry these relationships with us even after termination of the relationship. I would recommend this book to certain people, but can understand why it wouldn’t catch other people’s interest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

cylite's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essa leitura conversou muito comigo de um jeito que me levou a gatilhos que nem mesmo sabia que poderiam me afetar, mas sobre os quais refleti bastante (e levei a minha própria terapia).
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.

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Content Warnings

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

vanesst's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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