Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
The book is divided into six chapters.
Chapter one: An unreliable narrator walks into a bar: Looking bolding at your story
Chapter two: Reading between the lines: Finding flexibility in your narratives
Chapter three: What lies beneath: Uncovering themes and patterns in our stories
Chapter four: Connecting the dots on connection: Getting closer to ourselves by getting closer to others
Chapter five: Deepest fears, highest hopes: The ultimate concerns
Chapter six: Unpeeling your hands from the bars: Moving from insight to Action
I heard about this book, so I looked for it at the library. Lori had several careers before she became a psychotherapist. This book begins with the break-up between Lori and her boyfriend. After dating for several years, and after picking a movie for the weekend, the conversation began. Although he loved Lori, he didn’t want children and Lori had an eight-year-old boy. This is the beginning of Lori’s travels to a therapist to discuss the breakup and more.
The book is written as a memoir with stories of other patients’ therapy sessions. They vary from John trying to avoid idiots to Julie who is dealing with cancer. It was thoughtfully written and with a variety of emotions. I wanted to laugh and cry as I read the stories. I felt as if I knew Lori and all the patients. If you are looking for a self-help book with honest description of emotions, this would be an excellent choice.
