The therapist she ends up with gently manages this adjustment, but Gottlieb also writes honestly about how vulnerable and defensive she feels.
What was interesting for me was how difficult it is for her to move from one side to the other, from being the one who knows to the one who needs help. And thankfully she finally gets to that point and seeks help. In the end as a therapist, she cannot possibly need therapy herself! Right? … Well, wrong. She is deeply shaken but tries to power through. The book starts at a point when Gottlieb is abandoned by a man who she thought would actually be marrying her anytime now.
Gottlieb combines her areas of interest in this book, she leverages her excellent storytelling to tell us a bit more about what therapy is about. Her early career revolved around visual storytelling and she has been a film and television executive, before deciding to change the path, going back to school and becoming a therapist. And that’s what Gottlieb’s book does, gives you a glimpse of what’s behind those closed doors.īefore becoming a therapist Lori Gottlieb is a writer and a therapist. And since several of the people close to me have gone to therapy I was curious to understand a bit more about their experience, without studying too much academic literature. I heard about this book on the radio one day. It will not solve your problems, but it may convince you to start taking action. Written in an honest and non-pretentious way it is also a book that makes you think. Lori Gotlieb gives us a glimpse into a year of her life, through the stories of her patients and the tale of her own experience on the other side of the table. It’s a book written by a therapist who also became a patient. A look at psychotherapy from an interesting perspective.
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