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 train ing\, 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 pe rson\,&rdquo\; she writes\, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
\nEnter Wendell\, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose o ffice 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 chambe rs of her patients&rsquo\; lives&mdash\;a self-absorbed Hollywood producer \, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness\, a senior citizen t hreatening 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 (eve n 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\, exami ning 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.
\nMaybe You S hould Talk to Someone \;is revolutionary in its candor\, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providin g 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 myster ious lives and our power to transform them.
\nWe invite you to join us as Gottlieb shares her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we t ell ourselves to help us breakthrough what is holding us back and getting in the way of living the life we desire. Register now to start your journe y! \;
\nAbout the Author: Lori Gottlieb is a ps ychotherapist and \;New York Times \;bestselling author o f \;Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, which has sold over tw o million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series sta rring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical practice\, she co-hosts th e \;popular &ldquo\;Dear Therapists& rdquo\; podcast \;produced by Katie Couric and writes \;The Atlantic&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Dear Therapist&rdquo\;&nbs p\;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 &l dquo\;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 Workbo ok: A Toolkit for Editing Your Story and Changing Your Life \;and the& nbsp\;Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Journal: 52 Weekly Sessions to Tran sform Your Life. Learn more at \;LoriGottlieb.com \;or by following h er on Instagram \;@lorigottlieb_author \;and X&n bsp\;@LoriGottlieb1.
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