Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

82 reviews

melissafelicia's review against another edition

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4.5

This was a beautiful story about a therapist whose patients were all going through something difficult, while she herself was also going through something difficult and seeing her own therapist about it. In the end, all the stories came together beautifully. The stories were sometimes heartbreaking, but it was inspiring to see the patients grow/recover/accept/learn to love again. Ultimately, this book was about human connection and growth, mixed with interesting insights and psychology facts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

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

tracy_j's review against another edition

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5.0

It took me awhile to read this book but that's because I was absorbing so much. I think therapy is so valuable and Lori did an amazing job covering so many aspects of it. I could see myself reading this book again which I don't say often. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident

breanneporter's review against another edition

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4.5

I loved this book and basically sobbed my way through the entire last third. What a cool concept - Lori Gottlieb draws from her own personal and professional experiences as both a therapist and a patient to give readers an inside look into what a therapy process can look like from both sides of the couch. She discusses the personal situations that drove her to seek therapy and allows us to follow the journeys of several compelling patients from their first sessions with her through their moments of breakthrough/revelation. All of the characters felt supremely real and complicated and it felt to me like such a beautiful gift to read these stories and glimpse these lives and these emotions and motivations. This book is very emotional - I’m not kidding that I bawled my eyes out - but it’s also so thought provoking and reflective and insightful. 

Lori has a distinctive writing voice and a way of ending every chapter with a lesson or a cliffhanger that took some getting used to, for me, but overall I liked the short digestible chapters and how the story flowed and how she slowly revealed more to the reader, never rushing for us understand faster than we needed to. I struggled a bit to finish around the middle, which knocked it down a bit from a 5, but I wonder if I had read it via audio (instead of digital) if it would have been a 5. Either way, I don’t think everyone would enjoy this but I would recommend to anyone interested in the human condition, in therapy, in a unique kind of memoir, in a book that makes them reflect on themselves and their pasts and their attitudes toward living. Thank you Lori, for ditching that last contract so you could write this instead!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Grief

roveronez's review against another edition

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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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

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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

michfiske5's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Grief

mariamarsbar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

sapphicbookworm23's review against another edition

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5.0

As of 9/15/23, this is my 2nd favorite book of the year, second to Pleasure Activism.

As an aspiring psychotherapist, this book gave me an intimate glimpse into the tender, dynamic, and evolutionary client - therapist relationship. I think anyone who appreciates raw, authentic, and deep human connection and honesty will appreciate this book. We all have unique an often painful stories and histories that we carry with us, yet it's so rare for others to learn about them and hold space for them. This book gently forces you reflect on your own life, how you're living in ways that don't align with your values, and a reminder that life is so short. If we knew we had only a few months left to live, most of us would change our priorities and behavior entirely - how can we do that NOW until waiting for our death to near?

Memorable quotes:

Page 332: "The inability to say no is largely about approval-seeking - people imagine that if they say no, they won't be loved by others. The inability to say yes, however - to intimacy, a job opportunity, an alcohol program - is more about lack of trust in one-self. Will I mess this up? Will this turn out badly? Isn't if safer to stay where I am?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

cylite's review against another edition

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4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent