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 Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training\, her most significant credential is that she&rsquo\;s a card-carrying membe r 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.< /p>\n
Enter Wendell\, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head\, cardigan\, and khakis\, he see ms 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 y oung newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness\, a senior citizen threate ning to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better\, and a twenty -something 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 strugg ling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
\nWith s tartling wisdom and humor\, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots\, examining t he truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the ti ghtrope between love and desire\, meaning and mortality\, guilt and redemp tion\, terror and courage\, hope\, and change.
\nMaybe You Shoul d Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor\, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rare st of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human\, an d a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
\nWe invite you to join us as Gott lieb shares her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we tell oursel ves to help us break through what is holding us back and getting in the wa y of living the life we desire. Register now to start your journey!
\n< p>About the Author: Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist an d New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, which has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical practice\, she co-hosts the popular &ldquo\;Dear Therapists& rdquo\; podcast produced by Katie Couric and writes 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 America\, CBS This Morning \, CNN\, and NPR&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Fresh Air&rdquo\; and her TED Talk was o ne of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year. She is the creator of the M aybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit for 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 Lor iGottlieb.com or by following her on Instagram @lorigottlieb_author and X @LoriGottlieb1.\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/1167984 3 URL;VALUE=URI:https://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/11679843 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/edisonpubliclibrary/Lori_G ottlieb.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR