Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Description

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is by Lori Gottlieb-psychotherapist author. It’s a mixture between a memoir and self-help. It offers a perceptive view of the realm of therapy both from the position of the therapist as well as that of the client. There are times when it appears that there are two books in the same book. Gottlieb shares her experience on both sides of the story-being a therapist and facing herself as a client on seeking help after a particular personal crisis.

The main themes and elements of the book are as follows:

Human Connection: In the treatment process, Gottlieb lays down the principle of connection and vulnerability. The human experience to share in struggles, growth, and healing is quite mutual.

Therapeutic Journeys: The book contains stories of different clients and what makes them unique, with some representing different emotional challenges with their paths toward healing. Each story is a test to the complexity of psychological health and the power therapy has in changing lives.

Self-Reflection: On her own therapy sessions with Gottlieb, her life, relationships, and personal challenges are reflected back on her, showing therapists are human and have similar problems.

Life Lessons: There are so many precious life lessons on love, loss, regret, acceptance within the pages of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone : valuable lessons on finding one’s way through adversity, on the emotional weather forecast of others.

With humor and empathy aplenty, the book gives a deeply honest look at the practice of therapy and reminds each of us of the more universally human experience of what’s involved in seeking it all.