'Maybe You Should Talk To Someone' by Lori Gottlieb offers a candid and insightful glimpse into the world of therapy through the eyes of both therapist and patient. Gottlieb's storytelling skillfully weaves together personal anecdotes and professional insights, providing readers with a deeper understanding of human emotions and relationships.

Life brings if not daily, seasonal changes. I’ve been blessed, yes intentional use of the word to have a friend who is a psychologist for thirty years. This book for those who read it is like having that friend! Why is it if we want to sail a boat we take sailing lessons and learn all we can how to navigate when waters are smooth or choppy or be prepared on what to do if a sudden storm arises. Life is that boat, so “perhaps you should talk to someone” can provide if not an actual guide a solid assist!

I loved this damn book. I read it for my bookclub and I found it to be poignant, heartwrenching and funny. An insightful book that gives us a glimpse into what goes on in a therapist's office, each patient was unique, but of course my favorite was John. It was fascinating to see his character finally release his pain and start healing. In fact, it brought me to tears. I really wanted to know how he did in the future and really felt a loss when the book was over. Loved it.

**I received an advanced readers copy of the book through NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

Gottlieb recounts her visits to a therapist as she offers guidance to her own patients. Parts funny and parts heartbreaking, this book is one that will stay with me for quite some time. Initially, I appreciated the warmth and humor. Gottlieb finds herself in a new situation, and while devastated by it, she also seek solace and guidance from a therapist. Interlaced with her journey with her new therapist, Gottlieb briefly discusses psychology and offers insights into a few of her patients and their situations (all above board - no confidentiality broken).

But, about halfway through the book, I felt a much closer connection to the struggles Gottlieb personally faces, as well as the struggles her patients face. Humor still plays a role, but passages absolutely gutted me and made me reflect upon events taking place in my own life.

Gottlieb has a beautiful way of telling a story and imparting facts. Highly recommended.

It is always fun to take a peek behind the curtain, or in this case, sit on the other side of the couch. This title kept my attention throughout and I found many ares of it quite relatable. Therapy is for everyone, even therapists, and I love seeing it represented in mainstream publishing.

A powerful story that took me through all emotions. Gottlieb strikes the perfect balance between explaining how therapy works and shows readers that we are all humans and that therapists also experience pain and sorrow.
Gottlieb tells the (anonymized) story of five of her patients within the backdrop of her own search for peace with a therapist. Having experienced the loss of a long term relationship herself, she shows her own strengths and vulnerabilities and how it affects her relationships with her patients.

I am a big fan of all this psychology and human behavior but often times the therapist's stance of being a blank slate leaves out the fundamental need for human relationships that a therapist works within the room. I appreciate Gottlieb's voice throughout the book, ranging from your best friend telling you about her day to the reflective, sensitive wise soul who has learned from the lessons of the people she has helped.

A great read if you're curious about therapy and what therapists are like - this is also a good gift for anyone who feels stuck in 2020.

In this fascinating and uplifting memoir, a therapist compares her clients’ healing journeys with her own work with another therapist. I enjoyed her dual perspective as both therapist and client and found all of the stories compelling. This is both an enjoyable read and a great way to learn about the therapeutic process.

I really loved this book and highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys memoirs, is curious about how therapy works, or just appreciates an interesting and well-written story filled with hope. It does require some patience, as Ms. Gottlieb takes her time sharing the truth of her story, but I loved that slow reveal.

Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for providing me with a free review copy through NetGalley that I volunteered to review.

I was hesitant to read this one but the premise drew me in. I was pleasantly surprised at how great of a story this was. Would highly recommend this book.

Reading "Maybe You Should Talk To Someone" is like opening the door to the deepest caverns or your heart and mind. Lori's gift of storytelling and rare ability to communicate the depths of the human experience is profoundly relatable, clear, and concise. You can't help but walk away experiencing an inner shift and deep change that will have positive ripple effects for a long time to come.. Thank you for this gem!

This is a real treat, written by Lori Gottlieb, an American psychotherapist.

We gain insight into the psychotherapy process by learning about the experiences of some of the author's patients. All stories are carefully changed to protect identities. The patients vary in age, career, personality and challenges. This diversity allows great insight into how the therapy process is different for everyone and how flexible a therapist has to be. I hadn't really thought about how patients can become dependent on their hour with a therapist, this is explored in the book.

Along with the stories of her patients, the author also weaves in her own experiences in therapy. Her honesty and openness makes this book stand out from others in the field, it makes it feel even more real and relatable. We learn about her personal life, her career, her family. It was an angle I wasn't expecting (a therapist having therapy!) but my overarching takeaway from this is a reminder that we are all just trying to do our best. I have so much respect for those in roles like this who put their own lives aside, even at the hardest of times, to fully dedicate their time to improving someone else's life and in some cases, saving it!

I also enjoyed the insight into the therapy process. The author explains the terminology and the process casually throughout the different stories. The concept of the "presenting problem" was fascinating to me. How patients choose to have therapy for initial symptoms or an issue but they often find that therapy leads them to something entirely different and unknowingly related.

Overall a great read, would highly recommend it. You do not need any scientific understanding or experience of therapy to really learn something.

This poignant discovery of the author's personal experience with therapy as a therapist herself is riveting. Because of a personal crisises, she is suddenly in therapy and trying to cope while also trying to help her own patients with massive, life-changing events in their lives.

I love this book because it was truly and brutally honest and the author leaves so many thoughts that are person out on the table. I think it sheds light on how helpful therapy can be.

I learned about empathy and self-forgiveness in this book through the author's accounts of the other patiends who are struggling.

Thank you for providing this book for review. Which i had been previously read through a library copy.
I really enjoyed this book and my previous review can be seen on my good reads page.

This is another book I got approved for by wish after buying a copy and all I can say is again, well done! This is an outstanding book and has certainly deserved the many, many outstanding reviews it's gotten as well as its place on the bestseller lists. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who is either been in therapy or is or has been a therapist. So in short, everyone! Very highly recommended.

This is one of my favorites. I think Lori's dual perspective is so fascinating, and it helps us as readers realize that no one is immune to struggling with their mental health, and here are also in turn tools to cope with it from a real therapist who, by the way, is not God, but who is a person, and who has experienced some of the same emotions you are experiencing now. This was one of my absolute favorite nonfiction reads of 2019.

A therapist discusses her personal life along with the lives of her clients, and her own sessions with her own therapist, and interweaves stories. Enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book but it could have been condensed.

Tolentino's essays bring together sharp analysis and her experiences on subjects ranging from feminism, drugs, marriage, religion, consumerism and the internet in one piece of writing. While these varied topics are not necessarily new, Tolentino writes with an impossible adeptness : melding the personal and cultural; her prose both concise and nuanced, a seemingly impossible task for most contemporaries.
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Trick Mirror is a collection that is as enlightening as it is confronting as Jia segues from being incisive (“The self is not a fixed, organic thing, but a dramatic effect that emerges from a performance. This effect can be believed or disbelieved at will.”) to her sincere reflection on the importance of embracing (“Beauty work is labeled “self-care” to make it sound progressive”).
My favorite essays are "The I in the Internet", "The cult of the difficult woman" and "The story of a generation in seven scams". Tolentino's enquiry on self obsessed millennial ethos force you to reflect on your own perspective, on how capitalist forces convolute our sense of self and how we lose clarity in this "trick mirror" that disperse concrete values like authenticity, making life a constant struggle to "optimize".
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Trick Mirror might just be my top Nonfiction read of the year. Jia Tolentino is an immensely gifted writer and captures the time we are living in with blinding accuracy and insight. However, if my review isn't convincing enough, perhaps the Zadie Smith cover quote calling it "whip smart" might change your mind.

I typically never read books like this. I am much for "memoir" type nonfiction. But I really did like this book. I found her journey to becoming a therapist fascinating, and her approach to her patients refreshing. I loved her descriptions of her sessions with her own therapist. I want him for my therapist!

I really appreciate that this book spoke about mental health, and seeing a therapist in an open way. This book is filled with empathising glimpses of humanity.

In this relatable and genuine book about both sides of the therapist’s couch, the author manages to demystify and destigmatize the process of therapy while relaying its importance to our mental health. Perhaps the best thing I can say about it is that I just couldn’t put it down.

Incredibly well written, like sitting across the table from the author and listening to her talk for hours and then wondering where the time got to.
Time moves strangely throughout the book, making things seem both the following day and years later at the same time. Therapy sessions that take a year seem like they are in the same week, making the story timeless and easier to follow.
Well done, highly recommend.