Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Hit all the feels! A goal of mine this year is to read more nonfiction and memoirs and this was beautifully written, weaving her work as both a therapist and a patient.

I wasn’t so sure I would enjoy this book based off the synopsis but it was honestly quite good. The author did a great job at telling her story, while tying in the stories of her patients, while somehow simultaneously relating to the reader. I would describe as a “self help memoir?” (Kindle)

I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. The author skillfully weaves together her own story with those of her patients to talk to us about the universal human need for a life of meaning. A narcissistic TV exec, a young college professor and newlywed dying of cancer, an older woman with trail of damage and a suicide deadline, and a Gen Z alcoholic. It takes someone who knows both their crafts well—therapy and writing—to bring the...read more

Enjoyed this touching and laugh out loud memoir that reads like fiction. It's the story of a therapist who fi ds herself confronted with a big life problem and she must find her own therapist which challenges her to analyze herself. She details the lives of five patients and become a better therapist as a result lof her own therapy. It's very funny and is under contract to be developed for a series with Eva Longoria. If you have ever been in th...read more

What a surprising, satisfying story. I generally enjoy memoirs anyway, but this was much more than that. Quite honestly, don't we all find it interesting and often entertaining to "see people more messed up than me" (Good Day song by Jewel)? The experiences portrayed here are touching, relatable, humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking but the best part is that you see character growth. Lori Gottlieb is a fantastic writer and wise therapist. And s...read more