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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
Gottlieb infuses patience, humanity, humor, compassion, and great story-telling in this book. I was entirely engrossed in her patients’ stories and marveled at her ability to put into words the rollercoaster emotions that she was personally feeling while providing a stable ground for her patients. A couple other takeaways are to be compassionate to your own self and to not put your problems or pain on a hierarchy compared to others.
For my own memory:
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Just be.”
For my own memory:
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Just be.”
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book reminded me of a million little pieces. Is it a decent story? Yes. As long as it is a story. If it’s real, this is a self-indulgent, pointless piece of garbage. Why did she go through the exercise of saying explicitly that Wendell is not the real name of her therapist. Does she think her readers are stupid? This book appears to assume her readers are stupid, both therapists and clients. The stories were somewhat entertaining, but this was about 200 pages too long.
I liked what I read, but I just couldn't get through it. I never wanted to pick it up.
Loved this. Author depicts the humanity in all of us, with lightheartedness (where appropriate) and compassion. Most impressive is the way she weaves each person’s story together, evidencing the role connectedness plays in determining who we are and how we live.
emotional
funny
informative
sad
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this! Even more so now that I'm back in direct practice. It really highlighted a lot of what I love about being a therapist.
beautiful. engrossed me. literally could not put it down.
i think i’m grappling with a lot of my feelings with therapy / therapists as i read this. will therapy for me ever end? that’s the “end goal,” right, but is that even possible? am i “high functioning”? how does my therapist actually perceive me? (am i as self aware as i want to be?)
it’s certainly not a perfect book, but it’s honest. and compassionate. and that’s everything to me. (i teared up a few times.)
i think i’m grappling with a lot of my feelings with therapy / therapists as i read this. will therapy for me ever end? that’s the “end goal,” right, but is that even possible? am i “high functioning”? how does my therapist actually perceive me? (am i as self aware as i want to be?)
it’s certainly not a perfect book, but it’s honest. and compassionate. and that’s everything to me. (i teared up a few times.)
I like this one far more than I thought I would. I identified with her middle age concerns and appreciated the interspersed stories of her work as a therapist and psych theory.
One of the most beautiful, funny, interesting, thought provoking memoirs I've ever read. Gottlieb's candor and general approach to examining her life and the lives of those around her and the complexities of how we make sense of one another is amazing. This one's going on the keep forever shelf.