If you’re in search of your next non-fiction and mental health interests you in the slightest, than this book is it! Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb was an absolutely fantastic and all encompassing read, I was completely hooked halfway through the first chapter. Let’s get into it, shall we?
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Let me first start by saying, I really loved Lori Gottlieb, our author, and felt a deep connection to her, her family, and her patients. I very much enjoyed the inside scoop of what therapy is like for both sides, as a patient and as a therapist. Therapists are people too! Lori explores what it’s like on the other side of the couch, as she seeks out therapy herself due to an unexpected crisis of sorts. She also shares a variety of issues and obstacles across the board by exploring many of her patients lives (of course names and circumstances have been changed). It’s beautiful and liberating and I felt like I learned a lot about humans and what makes us all tick.
On a personal note, I’ve been in and out of therapy for more than half my life, and it deeply saddens me that I don’t have a single positive experience with a therapist. I’ve never been able to connect with one, feel comfortable with one, feel understood, work through a pressing issue with one, or any of the things you’re supposed to take away from therapy. In fact, my years and years of poor experiences have left me very jaded and pretty opposed to therapists. With that said, finishing this book made me want to try again, and search for a therapist like Lori. So that’s my big take away from this book, that finding a decent therapist could be possible!
PS. I happened to listen to this via Audible and finished it in less than a week. The narrator, Brittany Pressley was amazing and gave this already excellent story so much color.