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End of the Hour: A Therapist's Memoir by Meghan Riordan Jarvis
5.0
Author Meghan Riordan Jarvis is well known for her work in the world of trauma, grief and loss, in fact she’s a trauma therapist; she has a podcast (Grief is My Sidehustle), and is a two-time TEDx speaker. All the above gives her academic credentials, (and more) but with her new book “End of the Hour : A Therapist’s Memoir” Jarvis has cemented her name among books that people will recommend to others who are experiencing signs of trauma or extended grief.
This memoir centers around the question of what happens when a trauma therapist becomes the patient? Meghan Riordan Jarvis endured the loss of both her parents within a short time span and afterwards finds herself unable to deal with it in a healthy manner. It’s when she finds herself unable to take care for her children, and even herself that she realizes that she needs more in-depth treatment. The same treatment that she often recommends to her clients, which is an in-patient facility. Readers will not be dismayed to learn that mental health professionals have struggles of their own mental health, in fact they will be encouraged to learn that many of our struggles as adults are from imprints from childhoods. This is one of the best books that I’ve read in 2023 and will be recommending to many.
*I read an advance copy and was not compensated
This memoir centers around the question of what happens when a trauma therapist becomes the patient? Meghan Riordan Jarvis endured the loss of both her parents within a short time span and afterwards finds herself unable to deal with it in a healthy manner. It’s when she finds herself unable to take care for her children, and even herself that she realizes that she needs more in-depth treatment. The same treatment that she often recommends to her clients, which is an in-patient facility. Readers will not be dismayed to learn that mental health professionals have struggles of their own mental health, in fact they will be encouraged to learn that many of our struggles as adults are from imprints from childhoods. This is one of the best books that I’ve read in 2023 and will be recommending to many.
*I read an advance copy and was not compensated