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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
This was an odd book. I’ve never heard of a therapist with boundaries like Dr. Rosen. Entertaining nonetheless!
I loved this book. I couldn't put it down, really. Christie's story intersected with my own in several ways - I'm a therapist myself, and have been in group therapy as a client, and I'm also a writer. Christie's writing is strong and vivid and personable. I felt connected to her through the raw, brave stories she told in this book.
emotional
medium-paced
I am in awe that this book only got a 3.8 on good reads, to me nothing is more relatable about how life can be lonely and how often we need a group to guide us through it. I found this book at the right moment, I cried with Cristie, I cringed with her, I got angry at her. I really enjoyed reading this.
Closer to 3.5. I enjoyed reading this and comparing Tate's group to the one I'm facilitating. I continue to feel perplexed about the usefulness of having people in group for years, but for Tate it has given her a sense of stability and attachment that has slowly trickled into her personal life. Interesting on the rules of the group and boundaries as they're sooo different from the ones I'm used to.. would be an interesting exercise to think about how group experience might change with even one changed rule. It does make me really sad I missed out on in-person experience of group because of the pandemic.
4.5 stars. Really enjoyed. Understand why this book isn’t for everyone, but thoroughly enjoyed.
It's hard to rate someone's personal, lived experience, but I just felt there were too many problematic actions and occurrences.
a hopeful storyline, although I feel the ending was quite rushed. worth the read.
Can't really put stars to this because it was so weird! Definitely quick and readable as all of Reese's book club picks are lmao. The book wasn't exactly what I was expecting though. The writer is pretty unlikeable and I would be much more interested in learning about the group therapy experiences of someone who wasn't an incredibly wealthy white lawyer. The main thing is that her groups and the clinician who led them felt super culty and seemed to cross boundaries and ethics of the field which leaves ya feeling icky. Overall, Tate experienced it as super positive and healing and as a result she almost makes you feel like it's normal, but uh, it's deff pretty fucking weird. Still enjoyed reading about how she worked through her shit, but reading this (and admittedly then reading some of the reviews) left me feeling funky.