Good Morning, Monster

A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

De: Catherine Gildiner

Narrado por: Deborah Burgess

"Catherine Gildiner is nothing short of masterful - as both a therapist and writer. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given access to the inner chambers of people's lives, and the meaning that comes from watching them grow into the selves they were meant to be." (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times best-selling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone)

In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. Among them: A successful, first-generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter; and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster".

Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried. As in such recent classics as The Glass Castle and Educated, each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes very funny.

Good Morning, Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.

Amazon.com Best Books of the Year - 2020

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

"Good Morning, Monster allows one the privilege of seeing the therapist-patient relationship as an essentially human interaction." (JM Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature)

©2020 Catherine Gildiner (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

Very inspiring it you are going through difficulti

Very inspiring it you are going through difficulties.
Tells stories of people who went through hell and came out on the other side.

Excellent read!

A well written and equally well read retelling of heroic stories from a therapists case files. It gives hope to all that one can survive and thrive!

A+

Absolutely amazing book. Some of the stories are hard to believe. Would recommend this to anyone.

Great writing and narration

Beautifully written and the narrator did a great job distinguishing the different characters in the book. I saw another review that said the voice that the narrator did for the Chinese patient, Peter, was offensive. I thought she did a great job. She wasn’t trying to imitate a Chinese accent. She was imitating someone who was hardly spoken to until the age of 5.
I wish I could find more audiobooks out there of this quality!

Profound Impression

From a psychotherapist’s perspective I gained much including clinical strategies and ways to overcome grave opposition to therapeutic insight, growth, and transference. From a reader’s perspective I gained shared humanity overcame from the greatest of peril and sense of nothingness. I truly loved this collection of stories.

Love this book!

An amazing and intriguing collection of stories. I will likely listen again someday! Highly recommend!

Intriguing & Inspiring Stories of Psychological Heroes

Compelling real life stories of psychological trauma and recovery. Each story is like the journey of a mythological character. It’s an engrossing read that makes the reader ask questions of life and of themselves as they hear the echoes of the story themes in their own life journey.

Fantastic- but read with caution

Subject matter is intense, particularly the section on Alana and chapter with title referencing Ted Bundy. Well written and insightful- will keep this on my bookshelf to reference for many years.

Fascinating

A very honest and compelling book. I appreciate the truthful way the author shared the process of therapy and the importance of understanding therapist are people too, complete with their own unique psyche. I highly recommend for anyone interested in the untangling of mental health issues.

Great content and narration!

I loved all stories and the narration was perfect. If you are interested in human psychology, these cases will have a lot to offer.