There was a taboo about it for so long, and in some ways there definitely still is…so that is why I try and talk about it, both online, and in my everyday life.
I don’t think I told my friends I went to therapy even when I was in college in the early 2000s. While it was something that was monumental in my ability to process many hard encounters and feelings, it was also a very isolating experience, because, in the 90s, NO ONE talked about therapy. I started attending therapy when I was just a child. I am so grateful that especially during this last decade, mental health and therapy have been normalized so much. Publication Date:Īmazon Link | LibroFM Bookstore Link My Review:Īs someone who has had therapy as a part of my life for as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by what it is like for other people. Group is a deliciously addictive read, and with Christie as our guide-skeptical of her own capacity for connection and intimacy, but hopeful in spite of herself-we are given a front-row seat to the daring, exhilarating, painful, and hilarious journey that is group therapy-an under-explored process that breaks you down, and then reassembles you so that all the pieces finally fit. Rosen and to depend on the sessions and the prescribed nightly phone calls with various group members, she begins to understand what it means to connect. Rosen’s outlandish directives, but as her defenses break down and she comes to trust Dr. So begins her entry into the strange, terrifying, and ultimately life-changing world of group therapy. Rosen issues a nine-word prescription that will change everything: “You don’t need a cure. Christie is skeptical, insisting that she is defective, beyond cure. About everything-her eating habits, childhood, sexual history, etc. All she has to do is show up and be honest. Rosen, a therapist who calmly assures her that if she joins one of his psychotherapy groups, he can transform her life. Why then was she driving through Chicago fantasizing about her own death? Why was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her despite her achievements?Įnter Dr. The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers-her psychotherapy group-and in turn finds human connection, and herself.Ĭhristie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control.
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