Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

55 reviews

floralfox's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, and Child abuse

michfiske5's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

katiebowers's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I think about this book a lot, months after reading it, but I don’t know if that makes it a good book. The voyeur in me, the person that loves gossip, gets a lot out of a book like this, but as a social worker, I don’t know how I feel about a mass-marketed book that delves into people’s personal stories, delivered under the condition of anonymity. I’m sure they consented, I’m sure the details are changed. But this has fed the gossiper more than the therapist in me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

saramoser's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

No rating because memoir/memoir like.
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While reading this book, I often wondered what parts were fiction and what were real to be able to protect the privacy of her patients and therapist. As someone who is in therapy, I enjoyed seeing/reading about therapy from the therapists point of view. I loved the learning aspect of the book, understanding what tactics therapists use and how - not that every therapist uses every tactic mentioned in this book, but it was nice to see. I especially enjoyed reading about termination, how we carry these relationships with us even after termination of the relationship. I would recommend this book to certain people, but can understand why it wouldn’t catch other people’s interest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

vanesst's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

cbeghuin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

cturn's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Car accident, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Suicide

bookishbisexual's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Addiction, and Child death

michelle_l_d's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Infertility, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

bookhead420's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Addiction