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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
138 reviews
zoeysdigest's review against another edition
5.0
🎯 I loved learning about the technicalities shown through examples of the patients as well as Lori herself.
🎯 The growth of all the characters, even the worst ones. I celebrated and cried with some (her experience with Julie got my tears flowing).
🎯 Seeing parts of others and myself in the characters made it a good opportunity for reflection.
🎯 It was well-written and personable, there were twists that kept you going
🤔 The bouncing back and forth of characters and timeline got a bit confusing at some points
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Overall a great book if you're seeking a (not-so-dry) book to learn more about yourself and have a great insight into therapy.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Alcohol
jemmo's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
kelseyruby's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
bloupibloupreads's review against another edition
4.5
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
“We think we make bucket lists to ward off regret, but really they help us to ward off death. After all, the longer our bucket lists are, the more time we imagine we have left to accomplish everything on them. Cutting the list down, however, makes a tiny dent in our denial systems, forcing us to acknowledge a sobering truth: Life has a 100 percent mortality rate. Every single one of us will die, and most of us have no idea how or when that will happen. In fact, as each second passes, we're all in the process of coming closer to our eventual deaths.”
Graphic: Cancer and Death
carly_the_librarian's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
mariamarsbar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident
saramoser's review against another edition
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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!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
dafni's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage
barie's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Mental illness