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diabolicalwaffle's review

4.0
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Cara penulisan lori dalam menuliskan kisahnya sebagai sang terapis dan juga sebagai pasien sangatlah cakap.

Di dalam buku ini di ceritakan bahwa Lori sebagai terapis pun memiliki masalah yang efeknya menganggu performance kinerjanya sebagai terapis, karena masalah yang berlarut-larut lori memutuskan untuk mencari terapis untuk dirinya sendiri.

Menjalani dua peran sekaligus sebagai pasien dan terapis kadangkalanya membuat ia merasa tidak wajar, namun hal tersebut membuat lori menyadari dan belajar banyak hal dari dua sisi.

Setiap bab dalam buku ini berisikan cerita-cerita seorang terapis dan interaksi nya kepada pasiennya, mulai dari bagaimana mereka berusaha mencari jalan keluar permasalahan.

Saya sebagai pembaca diajak untuk memahami semua permasalahan yang ada dan diajak untuk merasakan serta memahami keadaan mereka mulai dari rasa simpati, kebahagiaan, kekecewaan, etc.

cbarbs's review

4.0

As a psychotherapist myself I found this book to be quite enjoyable. Gottlieb does a great job drawing the parallels we experience between our own lives and our client’s lives. Sometimes the common themes felt like a stretch but this is what can be expected when dealing with a true story, it doesn’t always wrap up in a perfect bow. She seems like an honest, funny, sincere reader. I appreciate the existence of this book.

bdef's review

4.5
emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
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lamalagon's review

5.0
emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
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jahaziel7's review

5.0
informative reflective sad slow-paced

amymarietruax's review

2.0

I dunno, there are likeable things about the book but overall I found the author pretty insufferable and hard to relate to (who tf manages to have a thriving career in television producing Friends and ER, then decide to quit and get into STANFORD medical school, decide to quit THAT and become a journalist for the Atlantic, and then decide to quit AGAIN and become a successful therapist in private practice in one of the most expensive cities in the world????? All before the age of 40??? Like either she is incredibly talented at a remarkable level, or that's class privilege). All the stories seemed to wrap up neatly and tidily and people's problems were conveniently solved after one year of therapy. Like it wanted to dive into the messiness of life but only wanted to do that if everything could still get "better" at the end. It felt extremely far removed from my experience of being in therapy for many years.

At the same time, there were some touching stories and I appreciated reading about the experience of therapy in a more vulnerable and less clinical way. Maybe give it to a friend or family member who is scared of starting therapy, as a way to open them up to the idea.

awkwardlysocial's review

3.0

I liked this, just not as much as I thought I would.
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dljo's review

5.0
emotional inspiring fast-paced
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced