Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

56 reviews

bookhead420's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Addiction

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this book made me experience the full spectrum of human emotion. still sad over some things in it!!! it is a really good book that illustrates how we as humans are so much more than the versions of ourselves that we choose to show and that we all have trauma, we all have good and bad sides, and there are things we all would rather keep hidden.

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Content Warnings

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

rdenoble's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Terminal illness

iris_lpb's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

What a great read! It was very interesting and made me want  to go back to therapy! The pace is on point, you go back and forth between the author's different patients and her own therapy making it impossible to get bored. Definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Child abuse

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Cancer, Child death, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

TW Minor: negligence

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Chronic illness, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

kemakitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I had heard that this book was good, but I didn't realize how good it was.  It's more than a memoir.  In the book, the author explains her issues and how she worked them out during therapy and her patients' therapies.  She also introduces many psychology concepts in a much more interesting way than a Psychology 101 class.  Be warned:  the terminally ill young woman she works with until her death is life-affirming and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

nadia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

An engaging read, giving great insight into what goes on in a therapist's room, especially if you've never had therapy yourself. I enjoyed the two perspectives of therapy wrapped up into one and there were informative tidbits in here too. I think it was slightly on the "too long" side. Could have been trimmed down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Child abuse

Minor: Violence