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tmatlin's review against another edition
5.0
So good. I feel like I was in therapy for 14 hrs (highly recommend the audiobook, btw - the narrator is great). In Gottleib’s book, we get to feel the full human experience, ranging from the tragic to the joyful. If you have experienced significant loss, you will recognize much of what her patients go through. It allowed me to access feelings/memories that I hadn’t slowed down enough lately to remember, and for that I am very grateful.
newmanje's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this. Insightful read, thought provoking. Normalising therapy.
bgg0823's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
4.5
laurasmels's review against another edition
3.0
this was a good book, it just was a little long for me.
onetrooluff's review against another edition
3.0
Noooooooope nope nope. Noping out of this one at about 310 pages. This was a book club read, and not something I would have picked up on my own. The first half was interesting and fairly engaging. But once it got into the depths of her patients' stories - loss of a child, death due to illness - it got way too intense for me. I found I was getting really upset, and not only that, it played straight into my anxiety. I started panicking a bit that I was going to start thinking about "what if these things happened to my family" and that is a recipe for weeks of misery. I actually cried telling my husband how miserable this book was making me.
So, I'm not saying it is a bad book. The foibles of the author and the various patients and their unwillingness to make change or progress got frustrating sometimes (as I'm sure it does to the therapists). The writing is nice and smooth, and it mostly kept my interest even though this was a book I had no interest in to start with.
It's just not for me, and my personal hot buttons, as it were.
So, I'm not saying it is a bad book. The foibles of the author and the various patients and their unwillingness to make change or progress got frustrating sometimes (as I'm sure it does to the therapists). The writing is nice and smooth, and it mostly kept my interest even though this was a book I had no interest in to start with.
It's just not for me, and my personal hot buttons, as it were.
rkirkaldie's review against another edition
4.0
At times this book felt like an ad for a therapist and the overall mantra is everyone needs or should have therapy. While I whole heartedly agree some of the book spent too much time convincing the reader of that with boring facts and theories involved in therapy. However, I still gave this book four stars because the characters were well developed and I highlighted 123 pieces of the author’s advice. So clearly I need therapy and I should bring my notes from this book to my first session, ha!
mrsjones2's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0