Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

154 reviews

twonky's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

elisacarlene's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

ebreheny25's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Lori is a great writer and I appreciated how honest she was about her experiences. I loved this book and I love the author even more. This book met me where I was at if I was in the middle of a reading slump. Especially because I’m currently participating in therapy, this book gave me a different perspective of what therapy looks like from both sides of the couch. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse and Death

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

mixyplixl's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

oliviahamilton's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book so much I recommended it to my own therapist…

The stories are brilliantly woven together - Lori as patient, Lori as therapist, and the (anonymized) stories of her patients. All experience major growth and a true character arc through their vulnerability. 

The book also shows how vulnerability  is a muscle; we can’t be honest with others until we learn how to be honest with ourselves. 

Also enjoyed the memoir elements about the author’s career changes and major life choices, and how those choices informed her present self. 

Highly recommend and would re-read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

awachen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

jraley_writes's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

meagers32's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book took me a while to get through. There were some triggers in it for me that made it difficult to pick up depending on the mood I was in, which, is okay. It addressed these triggers in a really healthy and meaningful way and even though there were many tears, I’m glad I read through these hard parts. This book makes me frustrated that mental health care is not more available to people in Canada, especially me. I don’t have coverage for extended therapy, which I would absolutely benefit from (as would most other people!!). It made me appreciate the relationship between therapist and patient so much more reading about how a therapist interacted with her own therapist. I recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy