Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

71 reviews

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

eclloyd's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

elizaandstella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

katara42'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, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

sndrspk's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

annamary54's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book. I cried, I laughed, I highlighted A LOT. This book has inspired me to look for another therapist after my many failed therapy attempts. I did not expect this book to effect (idk which a/effect to use here I hope I did it right) me as much as it did. Will definitely be purchasing this book and telling everyone to read it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug abuse and Medical content

roveronez's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a great book! Lori Gottlieb talks about her life, how she became a therapist, and her struggles as well as the life challenges of her patients in such way that we feel like we're reading a novel. So many insights, the kind of book that naturally teaches you so much about psychology and gives you tools to cope with your own struggles without sounding like a "self-help" book. I loved it! ❤️

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

raissasreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

leo dicaprio pointing meme whenever i see smth that proves i did learn from my psych degree 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, and of course, I’m obsessed with trying to figure out who John is and what’s the name of his show!

I liked her thoughtfulness and deliberateness with her patients. I liked knowing she is also someone who needs a therapist as well. It’s given me a new lens to look at me in therapy through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

hollydyer328's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I enjoyed this one a lot! Lori Gottlieb is a great writer and takes the reader into the mind of a therapist who is seeking therapy. My main takeaway was that we need to humanize therapists and not expect them to be these unshakeable pillars that can solve all of our problems. Therapists are people with the same life struggles and also need someone to talk to. This is one of the better memoirs I've read in recent times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts