Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

By: Lori Gottlieb

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC!

"An irresistibly addictive tour of the human condition." (Kirkus, starred review)

"Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing." (Katie Couric)

"This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book." (Arianna Huffington, founder, Huffington Post and founder & CEO, Thrive Global)

"Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book." (Susan Cain, New York Times best-selling author of Quiet)

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).

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives - a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a 20-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys - she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

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.

©2019 Lori Gottlieb (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Brittany Pressley performs this audiobook at a fast pace that will be familiar to listeners who live in large, bustling cities. But she knows how to moderate her energy for the tender sections, and her overall performance sounds authentic, conversational, and true to the core intentions of the author's story....Portrayed by Pressley, [the author] also sounds like someone you know, which makes her observations and insights all the more accessible." (AudioFile Magazine)

I'm going to miss the narrator...

Loved it! I literally just finished listening to it and I'm considering listening to it again right now. It provides great insight into how therapy works and why anyone and everyone would benefit of seeing a therapist (the right therapist, that is). I think there is a take-away for everyone in this book.

Great!

I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this book, but I definitely wasn't expecting the wide range of emotions the author was able to evoke. She deftly wove together her own experiences--what brought her to seek therapy and her experiences with a skilled therapist--and detailed narratives about a few of her own patients. Parts were laugh-out-loud funny, while I was also brought to tears several times (and even once in any book is fairly rare for me). The level of empathy in describing the patients makes it almost impossible not to also empathize, and the psychological insights about both herself and her patients provide enough food for thought to make a re-listen worthwhile for that reason alone. The narration was pitch-perfect for storytelling and dialogue, and always with the right emotional resonance. I actually checked several times that it wasn't read by the author because the tone was so absolutely perfectly that of a therapist speaking empathetically to a patient. 5+ stars, will totally recommend to my therapist! :)

I've never finished a WHOLE book.

I don't like to read because I lose focus fast and find myself having to reread pages way too often. So I thought I would try listening to a few books. This book was wonderful and the narrator's voice was so pleasant to listen to. Julie's story had my heart and John's was so raw. I think there is a lot to relate to in this book and much to make you feel thankful for. I usually skip to the end, but with this one I just listened from start to finish. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Laugh, cry, think, learn

What an amazing array of emotions in this book. So many stories to follow and interesting twists. This could have gone on for much longer I would have still been enthralled. Every character is deep and has something relatable, even the hard to love ones. Thoroughly enjoyed this read. Well done.

Our Humanity

Highly recommend to anyone seeking to know themselves and others better and learn to have compassion for themselves and everyone around them.

The best audio book I've listened to

I've listened to dozens of audio books and enjoyed this one the most. It entertained and challenged me and opened my eyes up to the profession of therapy. I ugly laughed and ugly cried and then bought the paper version for my wife. Thank you reader (Brittany) and thank you author (Lori)!

I really love this book

I am still in the first four hours of the book and I am happy that there are 10 minutes left! I listen to audiobooks when I go shopping and this book makes me laugh in public alone sometimes. It's absolutely inspiring and can be life changing if you listen to it in the right time!

All the feels

One of the best books I've listened to in a very long while I would definitely recommend!

Heartwarming

Loved loved loved this book! A little bit of therapy for those of us who need it. Nice and calming to read. Calms the mind like drinking a cup of tea or getting a massage.

One of the best non-fiction books ever

I love the subjects so that might slant my thoughts a bit but Ms. Gottlieb is a treasure. I'm only sorry the book will end but thankfully I have 5 more hours to spend with it.

Thank you Ms. Gottlieb for sharing so deeply, honestly and making the world, the process of going deep, so much fun!

And please keep creating. The world needs your thoughts and voice!

David T