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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
24 reviews
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
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
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
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
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
bookhead420's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Addiction
lbelow's review
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, and Death
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Mental illness, Cursing, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Grief, and Miscarriage
aharper's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, and Infertility