Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

31 reviews

florapants84's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahkate22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

lindsayvale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

botanicalprofanity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Colonisation

megbooks02's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

“Therapy is a matter of getting your unconscious to stop controlling your conscious mind. Effective therapy is about lowering your defenses so that you can deal with the issues that arise in your life.”

This was a really great read! Although I found Good Morning, Monster lacking a little at times because it primarily focuses on psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches, it was still very well done! Dr. Gild is incredibly insightful, and there are so many good reminders about therapy in this unputdownable book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

sleeson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

 I savor all of the books that have been coming out lately surrounding therapy. The therapist’s account on a variety of patients and how they cope is so informative. I love learning about emotions. I am like a sponge every time I read a book like this. All 5 patients in the book were outstanding stories to read. 
Graphic swearing and graphic emotions when patients express their emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

greatu's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

msvernier's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

grannyweatherwax's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

eurybia's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

Let me start by saying I don't think this book should be compared to "Maybe you should talk to somebody" in any way. Yes, both books are about a psychologist telling you about their cases but that's honestly were the similarities end in my opinion.
While "Maybe you should talk to somebody" takes a more humorous approach, this book can be incredibly dark at times. I would definitely recommend checking out the trigger warnings ahead of time as a lot of these heroes have experienced everything under the sun. 
Now about this book specifically, I think it did what it set out to do. It was a very interesting case study that explored the strength of the human mind. On numerous occasions I was deeply disturbed and deeply touched by the things this book explored. 
Overall, definitely proceed with caution. However, if you are interested in psychology this is absolutely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt