Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

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

28 reviews

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

razkat's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infertility, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

melissafelicia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

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

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

jemmo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ju_harue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essa leitura conversou muito comigo de um jeito que me levou a gatilhos que nem mesmo sabia que poderiam me afetar, mas sobre os quais refleti bastante (e levei a minha própria terapia).
Achei a forma como foi exposto e escrito as histórias e exemplos, foi muito respeitosa e honesta. Acompanhar alguns pacientes em paralelo em como reverbarava na Lori, foi especial, enfim, uma leitura que eu amei muito, apesar de ter sofrido em muitos momentos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol