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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
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So interesting to hear from the therapist's side of seeing a client for many years. I feel like she picked the 5 perfect clients to write about.
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Best part about this book is learning about the patients after therapy life. It was the only way to keep going after the horrifying childhood abuse. I don’t know anything about her therapy tactics and what’s right and wrong, but I do think she did the best she could in these cases. I did find it hard to keep going and read on as I thought the stories got worse and worse. The last story is a little bit of a palette cleanse since there was not sexual abuse but still this book deserves warning for people who cannot take horrifying stories. I wish I could go back in time and rescue these children.
I can’t imagine the average reader relating to any of the case studies in this book. I was hoping for something along the lines of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, but it felt more like rubbernecking at a car accident the whole time. I mean, the case studies were totally fascinating and the author is a brilliant therapist, but I can’t say I felt good after reading them.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
a read that i had to pause a while between each therapy stories just to reel and feel the myriad of emotions from what the clients have been through. it amazes me how each individual fought their deep-seated psychological issues in their own courageous ways, which really resonated with me when dr gildner herself calls all 5 of them heroes, in their own lived experiences and battles. some of the recounts were so heavy due to the abuse involved.
literally so insightful! I enjoyed hearing about therapy from the therapist's pov. I feel like this is a book that I will make connections to and reference in everyday life. (ofc huge tw in many ways)