Reviews - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Okay I fucking loved this, I finished it in literally a day & a half. I am a new therapist and I love therapy but am sick and tired about learning about it in a very clinical way. It was gooood, this shit is my special interest. So this is very nichely exactly made for me. I took pics of a lot of pages cuz i wanna keep it in the back of my therapist mind. Overall enjoyed alot.

sdressler13's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

maisha_m_ahmed's review against another edition

5.0

I think everyone would benefit from reading this book. I absolutely loved the storytelling, it was a great mix of humor and insightful lessons.

I really loved the stories of her patients as well (two in particular: John and Julie); their chapters made me shed some tears. The last 100 pages or so of book was absolutely amazing, I really enjoyed reading this.

ekoozmin's review against another edition

5.0

As I read this book, my emotions ran the gamut: humor, pain, empathy, criticism. The pendulum swings back and forth throughout the book, which is structured in such a way as to successfully jump around between storylines and background without noticing. The book is very much focused on the practice of therapy, but the four patients, the author’s therapist, and all the others in her life give readers plenty of other aspects of life to think about. We all meet others in our lives who are on the same paths as the four patients and Lori herself, but we don’t know their back stories or how difficult it is for them to cope with the world. This book provided insights into what we don’t see or experience with people and certainly gave me a lot to think about.

amandakharder's review against another edition

5.0

This was an incredibly profound memoir, more than I expected. After being in therapy for 3 years this novel inspired me to view my therapist in a much different, eye-opening way. I’m sad it’s over and wish I could read it again for the first time.

loveandhope13's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

rkw25's review against another edition

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I received some insights into therapy and some wisdom about the human condition. The book is incredibly long, over 400 pages, and I took a week to read it. The reviews here on Goodreads are mixed with some loving and others hating the book. For me it was worth the time as I have always been curious about the human condition and the various ways we each respond to it, and I have found therapy helpful in my own life.
Several takeaways:
There's a difference between pain and suffering . . . You're going to have to feel pain at times--but you don't have to suffer so much. You're not choosing the pain, but you're choosing the suffering. (says the author's own therapist to her, 62)
There is a difference between self-blame and self-responsibility (112). . . . In therapy we aim for self-compassion (Am I human?) versus self-esteem (a judgment: Am I good or bad?). 113
It is [the therapist's] job to help me edit my story. All therapists do this: What material is extraneous? Are the supporting characters important or a distraction? Is the story advancing or is the protagonist going in circles? Do the plot points reveal a theme? 115
. . . therapy is about understanding the self that you are. But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself--to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life. 151
In therapy, we learn to pay close attention to [the] voices in our heads so that we can learn a better way to communicate with ourselves. 405