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Dzień dobry, potworku. Historie z terapii, które inspirują do walki o samego siebie by Catherine Gildiner

8 reviews

makinzimyers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

lauraliz914's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. I think it’s a more clinically dense, depth-oriented version of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone which I also loved. However, it is not for the faint of heart. I can’t really think of a content warning that wouldn’t apply to this book, so consider yourself warned.

I was so deeply moved by each and every one of these stories. Each person went through hell and are, as Gildiner says, psychological heroes. This book really spells out both the harm people are capable of doing, as well as the resiliency we all possess.

I so appreciate Gildiner’s raw honesty about her own countertransference in each case, including her clinical missteps and clear love for her clients. Her narrative taught me so much about the psychodynamic approach to therapy, and even about my own subconscious processes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Sexism, and Eating disorder

caikey11's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

 Give me more stars for this harrowing, beautiful book. A must read for any mental health therapist, especially if you work with survivors of complex trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

sarahkate22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

lizzythebookworm____'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia

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, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicide attempt

forsan's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

Catherine Gildiner worked as a clinical psychologist for some three decades, and in this book she recounts five of her particularly "heroic" patients. The book is divided into five parts, one for each patient, and Gildiner recounts the often several years she spent with each of her patients.

The stories recounted in this book were really impactful, but it's worth noting that they are not easy to get through. Gildiner's training was in Freudian psychology, and her patients' backgrounds are full of child abuse/neglect, sexual abuse, and combinations thereof. (In this, it's a very different book than Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.) I definitely think that this book is worth reading, but it'd probably be best to know about this going in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault