Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate

13 reviews

she_reads_'s review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

The book is really good. An honest portrayal of healing and unconventional way of therapy. But the writing could have been better. But would highly recommend for anyone looking to read books on healing and therapy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

amytunnicliffe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, Child death, Alcohol, and Infidelity

amberinpieces's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

katrinarose's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

eliasliliequist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

this hits way too hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

sambishop's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

ilhaanreads's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content

nsmythe_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

What. A. Book. 👏🏼 it was crazy. It was chaotic. But it was absolutely relatable.  As we know, life can get messy and boy, did Christie’s life get pretty messy. But that’s the beauty in her story - she went through the trenches & came out the other side. She threw fits and tantrums & let herself feel every emotion. She worked through intimacy issues and deep-rooted trauma.  Her story showed the beauty in breaking & breaking & breaking yet being able to slowly put yourself together again.  Great story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, and Mental illness

scottishlindsay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual violence

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

2.0

Let me preface this by saying that I have gone to therapy. I didn't do group therapy but I'm familiar with the experience of talking about the deepest, most vulnerable parts of yourself to someone who has no idea what your background / history is like unless you tell them straight up. I came across this book with low expectations and I'm glad I did. The manner in which this therapist did his treatments sounds made me raise my eyebrows. Plus - it seemed as if the author herself had a lot of trauma that needed more than just therapy to sift through the uncomfortable thoughts/ideas / low self-esteem. I also (not to sound mean but) truthfully - I was .... unmoved by some of the background that Tate told us about her life. I listened to this on my commute to work and back & found myself wanting to listen to something else more than half the time. Overal... I don't think this is the best book to choose if you are contemplating therapy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Grief, Eating disorder, Death, and Cursing