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sharada_mohan's review against another edition
5.0
Rating - 4.5 stars rounded off to 5
Thanks Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, Hutchinson Heinemann
for this non-fiction ARC!
In What Women Want, the author – Maxine, a well-known psychoanalytic psychotherapist shares her journey of therapy with several women, enlightening us with her findings, experience and anecdotes based on their true life events. Her objective is to explore and understand their deepest desires, while she helps them to heal and find their identities.
Maxine not only introduces us to seven women from various walks of life – each with their own emotional battles, past wounds and life challenges, but also offers insights to her own involvement in their therapeutic interactions.
She explains how as a therapist, she deeply get affected by the feelings of her patients, how she works on slowly building trust, confidence and how with time, this connection and collaboration between them blossoms, kindling compassion, acceptance, growth and consideration that they are only human.
The story of every woman we meet here is extraordinary and really shook me to the core. I was in awe of Maxine’s systematic yet realistic approach. Together, they dissect their pasts, examine the current, process grief, trauma and ruminate about the future.
Providing the most delicate of hand-holding that prioritizes their desires, Maxine nudges them gently to process emotions, encourages them to conquer their fears and embrace change, that finally promotes their individual growth and improves relationships .
I realized what it takes for a therapist to be successful – an abundance of patience, unimaginable adaptability and humongous amounts of empathy. While tending to a patient’s emotional well-being, I also discovered that a therapist undergoes a transformation of his/her own!
The author’s writing is incredibly powerful and resonating. I loved how she ended the book with a personal touch - as recollects her own desires as a little girl, as she stood up to the challenge herself as an immigrant, an outsider - achieving her ambitions & pursuing her passion.
She invites us women to embrace our desires, invokes kindness and sympathy towards ourselves, questions what we truly want from life, how we can claim it, while also inspiring us to uplift ourselves by overcoming any societal/familial barriers.
A poignant & thought-provoking read that I urge everyone to read!
Thanks Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, Hutchinson Heinemann
for this non-fiction ARC!
In What Women Want, the author – Maxine, a well-known psychoanalytic psychotherapist shares her journey of therapy with several women, enlightening us with her findings, experience and anecdotes based on their true life events. Her objective is to explore and understand their deepest desires, while she helps them to heal and find their identities.
Maxine not only introduces us to seven women from various walks of life – each with their own emotional battles, past wounds and life challenges, but also offers insights to her own involvement in their therapeutic interactions.
She explains how as a therapist, she deeply get affected by the feelings of her patients, how she works on slowly building trust, confidence and how with time, this connection and collaboration between them blossoms, kindling compassion, acceptance, growth and consideration that they are only human.
The story of every woman we meet here is extraordinary and really shook me to the core. I was in awe of Maxine’s systematic yet realistic approach. Together, they dissect their pasts, examine the current, process grief, trauma and ruminate about the future.
Providing the most delicate of hand-holding that prioritizes their desires, Maxine nudges them gently to process emotions, encourages them to conquer their fears and embrace change, that finally promotes their individual growth and improves relationships .
I realized what it takes for a therapist to be successful – an abundance of patience, unimaginable adaptability and humongous amounts of empathy. While tending to a patient’s emotional well-being, I also discovered that a therapist undergoes a transformation of his/her own!
The author’s writing is incredibly powerful and resonating. I loved how she ended the book with a personal touch - as recollects her own desires as a little girl, as she stood up to the challenge herself as an immigrant, an outsider - achieving her ambitions & pursuing her passion.
She invites us women to embrace our desires, invokes kindness and sympathy towards ourselves, questions what we truly want from life, how we can claim it, while also inspiring us to uplift ourselves by overcoming any societal/familial barriers.
A poignant & thought-provoking read that I urge everyone to read!
enzsch's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Really interesting concept for a book
The last story was my favourite by far, that was super touching and emotional. For some reason the other ones just didnt hit as hard as I think was intended. It was nice to see the progress that the clients made over time but sometimes it felt like they got from A to B quite suddenly and we didn't get a great view of what made this actually happen.
The last story was my favourite by far, that was super touching and emotional. For some reason the other ones just didnt hit as hard as I think was intended. It was nice to see the progress that the clients made over time but sometimes it felt like they got from A to B quite suddenly and we didn't get a great view of what made this actually happen.
katekate_reads_'s review against another edition
3.0
Thank you to Hachette Audio for the free audiobook.
theoriebubble's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.75
es war ein interessanter einblick in die arbeit einer psychotherapeutin mit den fällen von sieben ihrer patientinnen. wenn man noch nicht so viel ahnung von therapien hat, erfährt man dadurch ganz gut wie so ein ablauf aussehen kann und möglicherweise hilft das auch einigen leser*innen, die mit ähnlichen problemen zu kämpfen haben.
mir persönlich hat der schreibstil aber gar nicht zugesagt, der war mir stellenweise zu pathetisch? rührselig? schmalzig vielleicht
mir persönlich hat der schreibstil aber gar nicht zugesagt, der war mir stellenweise zu pathetisch? rührselig? schmalzig vielleicht
halisbooknook's review against another edition
DNF Sep ‘23 at about 60% after 10 days of reading… This book took a lot out of me to read, and although I got some good quotes, I feel like this didn’t hit the key points as well as it could have. I know these are abbreviated stories of people’s journey through therapy but it felt like I didn’t get to see the true transformation out of any of the stories I read. So I think the writing’s structure itself out this at a disadvantage because it’s not necessarily riveting itself as a psychotherapy non-fiction, but then suffered more for how it was executed. This obviously may not be everyone’s feeling, so check this out when it pubs tomorrow if it sounds interesting to you!