Description |
xi, 415 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
"From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she)"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them. |
Contents |
ONE. Idiots ; If the Queen had balls ; The space of a step ; The smart one or the hot one ; Namast'ay in bed ; Finding Wendell ; The beginning of knowing ; Rosie ; Snapshots of ourselves ; The future is also the present ; Goodbye, Hollywood ; Welcome to Holland ; How kids deal with grief ; Harold and Maude ; Hold the mayo ; The whole package ; Without memory or desire -- TWO. Fridays at four ; What we dream of ; The first confession ; Therapy with a condom on ; Jail ; Trader Joe's ; Hello, family ; The UPS guy ; Embarrassing public encounters ; Wendell's mother ; Addicted ; The rapist ; On the clock -- THREE. My wandering uterus ; Emergency session ; Karma ; Just be ; Would you rather? ; The speed of want ; Ultimate concerns ; Legoland ; How humans change ; Fathers ; Integrity versus despair ; My neshama ; What not to say to a dying person ; Boyfriend's email ; Wendell's beard -- FOUR. The bees ; Kenya ; Psychological immune system ; Counseling versus therapy ; Deathzilla ; Dear Myron ; Mothers ; The hug ; Don't blow it ; It's my party and you'll cry if you want to ; Happiness is sometimes ; Wendell ; A pause in the conversation. |
Subject |
Gottlieb, Lori -- Health.
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Gottlieb, Lori. (OCoLC)fst00482740
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Psychotherapists -- Biography.
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Therapist and patient -- Biography.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance.
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Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
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Psychotherapists. (OCoLC)fst01081730
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Therapist and patient. (OCoLC)fst01149719
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Autobiographies.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Gottlieb, Lori, author. Maybe you should talk to someone Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019 9781328663047 (DLC) 2018045914 |
ISBN |
9781328662057 (hardback) |
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1328662055 (hardback) |
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