Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is a deeply human, honest, and often funny memoir by psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, who turns the therapist’s chair into the patient’s chair.

After a personal crisis throws her world off balance, Lori finds herself sitting down with Wendell, a veteran therapist whose unconventional style deeply challenges her. Over the course of a year, she reflects on her life, exploring her own vulnerabilities—and explores the lives of her patients: a self‑absorbed Hollywood producer, a newlywed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen in despair, and a twenty-something who can’t stop sabotaging her relationships.

Gottlieb offers rare insight into what really happens in therapy—from both sides of the couch. With compassion, humor, and unflinching honesty, she examines the stories we tell ourselves, the blind spots we carry, and what it means to be human