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\, Lori Go ttlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training\, her most significant credential is that she&rsquo\;s a card-carrying member of the human race. &ldquo\;I know what it&rsquo\;s like to be a person\,&rdquo\; she writes\, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
\nE nter Wendell\, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she sudde nly lands. With his balding head\, cardigan\, and khakis\, he seems to hav e 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 patie nts&rsquo\; lives&mdash\;a self-absorbed Hollywood producer\, a young newl ywed diagnosed with a terminal illness\, a senior citizen threatening to e nd her life on her birthday if nothing gets better\, and a twenty-somethin g who can&rsquo\;t stop hooking up with the wrong guys (even one from the waiting room)&mdash\;she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
\nWith startling wisdom and humor\, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots\, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope b etween love and desire\, meaning and mortality\, guilt and redemption\, te rror and courage\, hope and change.
\nMaybe You Should Talk to Someo ne is revolutionary in its candor\, offering a deeply personal yet univers al tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldl y revealing portrait of what it means to be human\, and a disarmingly funn y and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to tr ansform them.
\nWe invite you to join us as Gottlieb shares her wisd om on examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves to help us break through what is holding us back and getting in the way of living the life we desire. Register now to start your journey! \;
\nAbout the Au thor: Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling au thor of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, which has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kri sten Bell. In addition to her clinical practice\, she co-hosts the popular &ldquo\;Dear Therapists&rdquo\; podcast produced by Katie Couric and writ es The Atlantic&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Dear Therapist&rdquo\; advice column. She is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show\, Good Morning A merica\, CBS This Morning\, 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 of the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit f or Editing 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.
\nThis program is sponsored by the Friends of Duncan Library and the Friends of Beatley Central L ibrary.
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