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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
I am a sucker for when the author reads their own memoir for their audiobook. I think that it just gives the impact the story deserves. This one was really good and really grounding in seeing the long road that therapy is. The author sprinkled in the exact right amount of humor and description without having that overtake the story and making it feel like fiction. Great read/listen.
This is definitely not a book for everyone. It is a type of memoir with plenty of graphic scenes. Tate really delves into the process of a group and how they support - and tear down - each other. I was most struck by how such a brilliant, successful woman was willing to abase herself for any form of human connection. The method of the analyst running the group came very close to malpractice for me - it was definitely a razor's edge of Tate's survival with a very hands off approach by the therapist. Not my style at all.
Tate had a strong focus of what she wanted but no tools as to how to get it. The fact that she paid so much financially and psychically to find people she could rely on was appalling. But I'm glad she ended up where she did.
Tate had a strong focus of what she wanted but no tools as to how to get it. The fact that she paid so much financially and psychically to find people she could rely on was appalling. But I'm glad she ended up where she did.
Tate’s writing is raw, clear, moving, and vulnerable. I kept picking this book back up to see what happened next and found myself genuinely rooting for Christie in spite of - or perhaps because of - everything she worked through.
A good addition to books about the therapy process. Tate is a terrific writer and the book is a page-turner, and I had sped through it. Tate's group therapy is a bit over the top but consistent with some of the therapists and groups that I've encountered in the past, for better or for worse. (Few boundaries between group members and the therapist, and little confidentiality.)
I need a Dr. Rosen in my life. I felt a lot of feelings and had a great big moment of ugly crying.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Wow, I can’t do it. DNF, and I never DNF. Too many red flags here, I regret buying this book.
I found this compelling and well-written. Also hopeful, which we all need these days.
I always struggle with any criticism of someone telling their own story, because why would you challenge an author's reality? That being said, this one struck me as so outlandish that I found it hard to believe it all happened. The relationship between the author and the therapist came off as inappropriate and unethical at times because personally, I have been conditioned to believe therapy is completely confidential. It felt odd to me that seemingly everyone in the City knew the author's therapist and/or personal business. I am glad to have read the book and if I could give it a 3.5, I would.