Do Therapists have their own therapists to help them with their life stresses? How about when they absolutely fall apart in a situation that some other people wouldn't? Lori Gottlieb, a therapist based in beautiful, sunny California - where therapy is almost the norm - details her search for a therapist when her boyfriend and she break up (and she wasn't expecting it!). As she searches for and attends her own therapy sessions, Dr. Gottlieb continues to see her own patients and parent her youngish son at the same time. Her patients and she battle painfully through their sessions, struggling through self realization.
The book is split into 58 separate chapters, which are short and are addictingly readable. There are biographical chapters in which Gottlieb talks about her breakdowns and her distractions related to her breakup, her inability to complete a book about happiness because she is profoundly unhappy and how she began her career working on shows like ER and did a stint in medical school before realizing that she liked people and stories. We also learn about her patients and their struggles - and what a motley crew they are!
I loved reading this book but I can see how she can be too provocative for some and her use of the jargon, without translating or using normal "English," can turn a reader off. I didn't mind it at all. I enjoyed getting insight into how therapists operate and I appreciated that she was a "normal" person that happened to be helping people in the way that she too was being helped. I found her extremely relatable. Yes, it's also voyeuristic to some degree. Let's be honest. But it was also insanely fun to read and insightful as well.
A really good read.
The book is split into 58 separate chapters, which are short and are addictingly readable. There are biographical chapters in which Gottlieb talks about her breakdowns and her distractions related to her breakup, her inability to complete a book about happiness because she is profoundly unhappy and how she began her career working on shows like ER and did a stint in medical school before realizing that she liked people and stories. We also learn about her patients and their struggles - and what a motley crew they are!
I loved reading this book but I can see how she can be too provocative for some and her use of the jargon, without translating or using normal "English," can turn a reader off. I didn't mind it at all. I enjoyed getting insight into how therapists operate and I appreciated that she was a "normal" person that happened to be helping people in the way that she too was being helped. I found her extremely relatable. Yes, it's also voyeuristic to some degree. Let's be honest. But it was also insanely fun to read and insightful as well.
A really good read.
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