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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | Lori Gottlieb

Updated: Dec 27, 2021

Read If: you're trying to decide whether or not to go to therapy, you feel alone in having big problems, you like a good twist, you're interested in the lives of therapists.

I didn't get to read a lot of nonfiction this year, but I'm happy I picked up Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.


It was in part because I got back into therapy and needed a little boost of confidence that it does, in fact, work as long as you are willing to do the work. And this book showed that!


Some lessons learned from Lori Gottlieb's biography:

  1. Literally everyone is struggling with something, and you probably won't be able to guess how terrible it is. Example? The character I kept coming back to and thinking, "Man, this guy is just a jerk; why is he even going to therapy?" ended up having a story that really punched me right in the gut.

  2. Therapists are people, too. They're just people who are good at listening, giving us the space to fall apart if we need to, and helping gather everything up after. Gottlieb chronicles her own struggles as SHE falls apart outside of the office, and what led her to become a therapist in the first place.

  3. You get there, eventually. Even if you're in a place where everything feels "okay" or drowning in the mess that is your life, putting in the work really does make a difference. You just might not notice it while it's happening until you have the perspective of looking back.

Watching a therapist doubt therapy as she's matched up with a questionably "standard" therapist to deal with her own issues is enthralling, as is sitting in the room as she meets with her own clients.


Maybe You Should Talk to Someone can be taken as a suggestion, but it's also a great way to get perspective while also realizing that you, as a person with feelings and struggles, matter.




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