Santhosh Guru reviewed Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner
Review of 'Good Morning, Monster' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fascinating and fantastic experience to listen to this audiobook.
This book is a collection of stories from the author's experience as a therapist. She calls them psychological heroes, but I like the term warriors. All of them come from different socio-economic strata but have gone through highly different upbringings—abusive parents, appalling residential schools, failed states/institutions, and negligent parents chasing their demons.
What stood out for me was the author's compassionate and kind gaze on the patients and their experiences. Also, her ability to interweave her views as a therapist while telling the stories was amazing. Many terms like transference, reframing, dissociative identity disorder, and separation anxiety were explained in the context of stories that make a newbie like me appreciate the craft of therapy a lot.
If you are interested in some sort of inner work—therapy or coaching or just curious about how parental overlords impact their kids in the …
Fascinating and fantastic experience to listen to this audiobook.
This book is a collection of stories from the author's experience as a therapist. She calls them psychological heroes, but I like the term warriors. All of them come from different socio-economic strata but have gone through highly different upbringings—abusive parents, appalling residential schools, failed states/institutions, and negligent parents chasing their demons.
What stood out for me was the author's compassionate and kind gaze on the patients and their experiences. Also, her ability to interweave her views as a therapist while telling the stories was amazing. Many terms like transference, reframing, dissociative identity disorder, and separation anxiety were explained in the context of stories that make a newbie like me appreciate the craft of therapy a lot.
If you are interested in some sort of inner work—therapy or coaching or just curious about how parental overlords impact their kids in the most whacky and weird manner, you will find this book a satisfying read.
