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A deep--and deeply personal--exploration of the process and experience of therapy. I had to put it down every now and again for a while because it was just a bit too real. She did an excellent job at crafting multiple narratives, though I did occasionally find the shifting around constantly a bit difficult to track (especially between her past and her present).
I did disagree with some of her approach, mainly her theory that everyone's problem is that they're just too busy and won't slow down. Which is true for a lot of people, but most of my clients have the opposite problem--there's a reason activity scheduling is a popular therapeutic technique. But it may simply have been the sort of clients she sees. There were also a few things presented as facts that were not true, such as therapists being required to go to therapy as part of their training--maybe in her program or state, but this is not nearly a universal requirement.
But overall it was a funny and heartfelt take on my field that I enjoyed a lot. I'm not much of a memoir person in general, but I did like this one.
I did disagree with some of her approach, mainly her theory that everyone's problem is that they're just too busy and won't slow down. Which is true for a lot of people, but most of my clients have the opposite problem--there's a reason activity scheduling is a popular therapeutic technique. But it may simply have been the sort of clients she sees. There were also a few things presented as facts that were not true, such as therapists being required to go to therapy as part of their training--maybe in her program or state, but this is not nearly a universal requirement.
But overall it was a funny and heartfelt take on my field that I enjoyed a lot. I'm not much of a memoir person in general, but I did like this one.