Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
4.5. Great read, highly recommended.
eBook, 433 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2019 by Mariner Books.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
4 stars
(32 reviews)
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world—where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives — a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up …
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world—where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives — a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys — she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them. (source)
Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Really, really enjoyed this book.
Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A therapist, whom I follow on Twitter, recommended this book. This book was recommended as part of the quarantine reads.
I am a newbie in the world of therapy and counseling. I never considered it in the veins of the gym or workout for physical health. The quarantine was a big awakening to keep my mental health sound and fit. Work seems to chase forever shrouded with a lot of gloom and uncertainty. I had my share of frustration and anxiety.
This book is a part-memoir giving a peek behind the scenes at therapy. Some stories were poignant, shocking, and exhilarating.
If you, like me, are getting started into the mental health space, this book is a good entry point.
Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was a thoroughly enjoyable listen (I listened to the audiobook while wandering in the city) - made me laugh out loud more than once, moved me quite a bit. It may feel quite meandering at times, but I actually enjoyed the detours as much as the "core stories".
Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I've never kicked a patient or danced with one, but I've played guitar and explained how to do something in html. This is an easy to read explanation of what psychotherapy is like which I only picked up because a patient of mine was reading it. I'm glad she is because it often seems that she has no idea what we're doing during a session and reading this may help somewhat.
I'm a little mistrusting of the author who I suspect would edit her "true" stories to make them better but other times I'm envious of how she claims her treatments have gone.
Review of 'Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A decently insightful read about the process of therapy. The therapist is dripping with privilege in talking about this "the thing holding you back is you" trope. Luckily, the client stories are endearing.
Review of 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
This book was the perfect book for me at the perfect time. I needed to read this. I'd recommend it to pretty much everyone.
