Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Deberías hablar con alguien: Una psicóloga, su terapeuta y un viaje revelador por el alma humana by Lori Gottlieb

42 reviews

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

jesselopod's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Beautiful and introspective, I really enjoyed how the book reflected my own experiences with therapy. The audiobook was a particularly moving listen. The author has a really great story telling quality that made it hard to stop listening to. It was one of those “I cringed, I laughed, I cried,” experiences, raw and capturing the essence of what it means to be human, and to go through the process of being vulnerable while trying to improve yourself with a stranger. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Misogyny

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

2.0

This book is a behind-the-scenes look at therapy from both sides of the room. The way that Gottlieb paints a complete portrait of the profession as she experiences it is one of the most compelling aspects of the book.

Ultimately, though, I'm not sure what this book was trying to achieve. Other than the behind the scenes glimpses, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone seemed to be lacking in insight. Unlike other nonfiction that I have enjoyed reading, this book felt disingenuous and had no significant takeaways. Perhaps Gottlieb's past in television is what made her composite patients seem more like exaggerated caricatures than real people. In my opinion, that's what leant this book a consistent trite and overplayed quality. 

Furthermore, at 400 pages, this book was interminable to me. I nearly set it aside for good multiple times. I really think that it was trying to be too many things at once. It was both an autobiography of Gottlieb's life and also an exploration of therapy and the importance of connection. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone would have been much more effective if it had just been about therapy. Mixing her behind-the-scenes takes with tons of background regarding her academic and career choices felt unnecessary and self-indulgent.

I would not recommend this book. Perhaps you would like it if you are intimidated to try therapy yourself and want to know more about the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

nabaraditi's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Child death

Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse

yeojinqueen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, and Physical abuse

udari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

laurenzott's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

tnociti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness