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Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
by Christie Tate
We meet Christie as she aimlessly drives around in her car, wishing that she were dead. Christie is a promising law student turning lawyer. She is also in recovery from an eating disorder, insecure, anxiety ridden, lonely and a total mess. Her friend suggests that she embark on a journey of group therapy, and she does. There, she engages in intimate conversations with not only her group members, but with Dr. Rosen, the oddball psychiatrist who suggests all kinds of out of the box (and in my opinion) nutty and unconventional remedies for gaining control of herself. We sit in her therapy meetings as the members of the group work through their issues,
I had very high hopes for this book, as not only was it recommended by Reese Witherspoon, (and she has recommended some good books), but I had been reading about it. All of the reviews were glowing.
I did not like this book at all. While I cannot dispute this book because it is indeed someone's experience -- and the author has documented it according to her experience, I was not entertained nor drawn in by the story, rather I was bored and kept waiting for something -- anything -- to happen.. The group therapy experience reminded me of the co-counseling movement of the early 80's, where people where led to try yet another method of getting their lives together, despite the fact that they often got worse. Dr. Rosen made me extremely uncomfortable to the point that I sometimes questioned the ethics of his prescriptions.
I often enjoy stories about psychology and I am a huge fan of memoirs, but this one did not do it for me.
I had very high hopes for this book, as not only was it recommended by Reese Witherspoon, (and she has recommended some good books), but I had been reading about it. All of the reviews were glowing.
I did not like this book at all. While I cannot dispute this book because it is indeed someone's experience -- and the author has documented it according to her experience, I was not entertained nor drawn in by the story, rather I was bored and kept waiting for something -- anything -- to happen.. The group therapy experience reminded me of the co-counseling movement of the early 80's, where people where led to try yet another method of getting their lives together, despite the fact that they often got worse. Dr. Rosen made me extremely uncomfortable to the point that I sometimes questioned the ethics of his prescriptions.
I often enjoy stories about psychology and I am a huge fan of memoirs, but this one did not do it for me.