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A therapist describes her own therapy and the stories of her patients
2019Fast paceWarm
What it is about
Lori Gottlieb is a Los Angeles therapist who goes into therapy herself after a breakup. The book follows her sessions with her therapist and with four of her patients. It shows how therapy works and how similar people’s struggles can be.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want to understand therapy.
What you will get
Details of patients were altered to protect privacy.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Therapy · Memoir · Human nature
Length
432 pages · ≈ 12 h
More about this book
Characters
Lori Gottlieb and her patients.
Setting
A therapist’s office in Los Angeles.
What makes it different
An inside look at therapy from both sides of the couch.
Feel
Warm, funny and moving.
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