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  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

  • A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
  • Written by: Lori Gottlieb
  • Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
  • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,044 ratings)

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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Written by: Lori Gottlieb
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
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"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.
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What the critics say

"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)

Editorial Review

What happens when your therapist needs a therapist? After a personal crisis rocks her world, prominent Los Angeles therapist Lori Gottlieb finds herself in her patient’s shoes.

A candid look at the human condition, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone follows Gottlieb as she spans the roles of both counsellor and patient. With humour, honesty, and charm, she explores issues of crisis, love, mortality, guilt, fear, and hope from both sides of the therapist couch. Through various patient accounts, we see her advise and console a variety of her own real-life patients, as well as tackle many of the same issues in her own life. From a senior seeking to end things on her own terms to a young single making all the wrong choices, Gottlieb’s accounts are a raw and open look at mental health and honest conversation.

Brittany Pressley lends her talents to narrating Gottlieb’s tales with a dynamic, fast-paced tone. Engaging and emphatic, she instantly connects with listeners in a way that feels personal and familiar. She balances comedic moments with punch, and intimate personal tales with a tender and understanding tone that feels as though you are speaking directly to the therapist yourself. Expertly capturing the feel and style of Gottlieb’s writing, she comes across with a caring, genuine sound that is extremely well received by listeners.

This audiobook, a New York Times best seller in print, is one you won’t be able to pause. Gottlieb brings years of both personal and professional experience to her work, from her own therapist sessions as well as years of “Dear Therapist” column writing. Both critically and commercially acclaimed, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is a true hit with listeners looking to dive deeper into the world of therapy, and the human connection in all of us.

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Highly recommend!

Loved it! Great audio book, listened to this book mostly on daily walks! Excellent narrator!

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phenomenal

I didn't realized how invested I was in some of the characters. I truly loved this book. The narrator is awesome as well, her voice is makes the story

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Touching

Great listen. We all could use help apparently! Self awareness is harder to achieve than we think.

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Enjoyable read

This is clearly a well written book and the narrator did a great job. Recommend it for those looking for entertaining but insightful story lines. I did feel that this is geared toward a female reader mostly. I couldn’t fully relate to some of the story lines. But that’s not to say that it wasn’t an excellent book.

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Listening to Someone

Really enjoyed listening to this story on my way to and from work. It gave lots of food for thought, and reflective ideas while still being an entertaining story.

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Made me laugh and cry!

This book was incredible. The storyline, with the past and present tenses, was laid out perfectly. The characters were relatable, loveable, hateable and then loveable again. This audio book made me laugh and cry many times over and the narrator did such an amazing job. She has a warm and inviting voice that was also able to capture the different character’s pain, joy, confusion, and then content.
I’m actually thinking about purchasing the hard copy as well.
I highly recommend this book!

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great listen

the story was well written and smoothly transition between the stories of the author's patients and her own life. The narrator did an excellent job performing this piece, expertly capturing the different characters' personality with her voice.

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Great book!!!

This book is well written and provides a lot of food for thought. It is definitely worth the read!

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Amazing and so relatable! loved this book.

This book was such an interesting listen. Loved it! I especially loved the progress each patient made and how human it all was!

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Listen to this book!

I have never ever left a book (or other kind) of review before. I feel compelled to do so now because I was so pleasantly surprised about how much I enjoyed this audio book. I LOVED it. I listened to it while exercising or doing household chores and it had me thinking about myself, the choices I’ve made, how I relate to others and the future. I laughed and I actually cried. The writing and the narration is excellent and engaging. It does not feel like a “self-help” book, but rather stories about characters you want to root for. I highly recommend this audio book.

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