Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

71 reviews

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

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

kiklone's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

pasupapare's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

bree_mck's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Alcohol

yayarose's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.75

I absolutely loved the raw honesty of this book as well as the story itself. I felt very connected to the author and all the rest of the characters as the book progressed. I did however find it kind of long and just wanted it to all wrap up in the last few chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

tea_time's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

a_novi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I recommend this book to almost everyone but especially if you have an interest in mental health or if you have ever been through trauma that made you consider therapy. I recommend this to people who work in therapy social work or healthcare. It starts off slow and you may say “why do I care about this” but when the author starts drawing parallels between her experiences with that of her patients and experiences with her therapist it’s very interesting and enlightening. 

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Content Warnings

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