A review by kimveach
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I had heard that this book was good, but I didn't realize how good it was.  It's more than a memoir.  In the book, the author explains her issues and how she worked them out during therapy and her patients' therapies.  She also introduces many psychology concepts in a much more interesting way than a Psychology 101 class.  Be warned:  the terminally ill young woman she works with until her death is life-affirming and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol