Every year\, nearly 30 million Americans s it on a therapist&rsquo\;s couch&mdash\;and some of these patients are the rapists. In her remarkable book \;Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, L ori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training\, her most significant credential is that she&rsquo\;s a card-carrying member o f the human race. &ldquo\;I know what it&rsquo\;s like to be a person\,&rd quo\; she writes\, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
\nEnter 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. In her book\, Lori explores the inner chambers of her patients&rsquo\; lives&mdash\;a self-absorbed Hollywood producer\, a youn g newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness\, a senior citizen threatenin g to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better\, and a twenty-so mething who can&rsquo\;t stop hooking up with the wrong guys (even one fro m the waiting room)&mdash\;she finds that the questions they are strugglin g with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
\nWith star tling wisdom and humor\, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots\, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tight rope between love and desire\, meaning and mortality\, guilt and redemptio n\, terror and courage\, hope and change.
\nMaybe 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 gi fts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human\, and a disa rmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
\nWe invite you to join us as Gottlieb sha res her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves to h elp us breakthrough what is holding us back and getting in the way of livi ng the life we desire. Register now to start your journey! \;
\nAbout the Author: Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and \;New York Ti mes \;bestselling author of \;Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, w hich has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical pract ice\, she co-hosts the \;popular &ldquo\;Dear Therapists&rdquo\; podca st \;produced by Katie Couric and writes \;The Atlantic&rsquo\;s & ldquo\;Dear Therapist&rdquo\; \;advice column. She is a sought-after e xpert in media such as The Today Show\, Good Morning America\, CBS This Mo rning\, CNN\, and NPR&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Fresh Air&rdquo\; and her \;TED Talk was one of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year. She is the creator o f the \;Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit for Editi ng Your Story and Changing Your Life \;and the \;Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Journal: 52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life. Learn more at \;LoriGottlieb.com \;or by following her on Instagram \;@lorigottlieb_author \;and X \;@LoriGottlieb1.
\nFree acce ss to The Steve Redan Memorial Author Series is made possible through the support and generosity of the Redan family.
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