Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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Published: 5/9/2019
Ever wonder what your therapist is really thinking? Now you can find out … Meet Lori Gottlieb, an insightful and compassionate therapist whose clients present with all kinds of problems. There’s the struggling new parents; the older woman who feels she has nothing to live for; the self-destructive young alcoholic; and the terminally ill 35-year-old newlywed. And there’s John, a narcissistic television producer, who frankly just seems to be a bit of a jerk. Over…

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.

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