Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'
Dzień dobry, potworku. Historie z terapii, które inspirują do walki o samego siebie by Catherine Gildiner
10 reviews
ambeda's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault
There is also some transphobic comments made by a patient (likely a different personality, but still said) and when the therapist reflects the statements back with an interpretation, it also reads a s transphobic and could be triggering to some.lama_mo's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
alleemartin's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Incest, Murder, Cancer, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Drug use, and Fatphobia
lauraliz914's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
tessazwaan's review against another edition
3.0
First and foremost, I hate the emphasis on being “strong” (read: cope with excessive working, shutting off feelings and function “normally” in a kapitalist society). The sentence “She had to be tough, otherwise she would have formed a disorder” perfectly describes the tone of the book.
Secondly, as a therapist, I feel like you should refrain from labelling people’s feeling as “whiny” or “needy”, especially since the people being called whiny and needy were severely abused. Sentences along the lines of “I wish people could hear this story when they are in my office complaining about insignificant childhood events” just don’t sit right with me. It’s disrespectful and lacks empathy, especially coming from a clinical psychologist.
Third, there is some transphobia in this book. There’s deadnaming someone, only referring to her as a her after her surgeries and seeing a transgender woman explicitly as someone who could fulfill both a male and female role. I could have really done without that part, it also felt super unnecessary to add, since she wasn’t even a main character.
Last but not least, how do you get consent to publish a life story from a dead man? Especially one from an Indigenous culture where keeping low profile is key? And this story was detailled as fuck? It felt just like she picked the most extreme stories to put in her book so her book could get as much shock effect as possible.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Abandonment, Mental illness, Deadnaming, and Death of parent
florapants84's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Gaslighting, Self harm, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
botanicalprofanity's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Rape
megbooks02's review against another edition
5.0
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!
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
greatu's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Infertility, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit
grannyweatherwax's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit