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A review by girlglitch
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
3.0
Group is an interesting memoir on the experience of group therapy.
Tate is a skillful autobiographical writer, approaching her subject with brutal honesty and striking just the right balance between humour and misery. Her story makes for a compulsive, engaging read.
The therapy itself made me a little uncomfortable at times, with Dr Rosen's unconventional approach and problematic line-crossing. In many ways it was a bit like reading about a cult.
But red flags aside, it was interesting to see the effect the group had on its attendees and the bond they shared, and I genuinely cared about every success and every pitfall.
Group is affirming, but never saccharine - a bold and bare-faced memoir.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
Tate is a skillful autobiographical writer, approaching her subject with brutal honesty and striking just the right balance between humour and misery. Her story makes for a compulsive, engaging read.
The therapy itself made me a little uncomfortable at times, with Dr Rosen's unconventional approach and problematic line-crossing. In many ways it was a bit like reading about a cult.
But red flags aside, it was interesting to see the effect the group had on its attendees and the bond they shared, and I genuinely cared about every success and every pitfall.
Group is affirming, but never saccharine - a bold and bare-faced memoir.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*