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Lori Gottlieb is an American psychotherapist, author, and columnist. She writes the 'Dear Therapist' column for The Atlantic and is a frequent speaker on mental health and emotional well-being.
Known for: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
Books by Lori Gottlieb
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
What if the people who seem most in control are often the ones hiding the deepest pain? In Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb opens the door to her consulting room and to ...
Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
In this provocative and witty book, journalist and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb explores modern dating culture and the unrealistic expectations that often prevent women from finding lasting love. Dra...
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Everyone Is More Alike Than They Seem
A therapy room quickly reveals a surprising truth: beneath different biographies, people struggle with many of the same fears. In her Los Angeles practice, Lori Gottlieb meets patients who appear to have little in common on the surface, yet their stories often circle around familiar themes: abandonm...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Crisis Can Become a Doorway
The moments that break us often become the moments that expose us to ourselves. Gottlieb’s own emotional collapse begins when her long-term relationship ends abruptly. Despite being a therapist who understands heartbreak in theory, she is devastated in practice. She obsesses over the breakup, feels ...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Good Therapist Changes Your Lens
People often imagine therapy as a place where someone gives advice, but Gottlieb shows that its real power lies in changing how we see. Her therapist, Wendell, does not simply comfort her or hand her solutions. Instead, he helps her notice distortions in her thinking, patterns in her relationships, ...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Anger Often Protects Unspoken Grief
Some of the loudest emotions are covering up quieter, more painful ones. Gottlieb illustrates this vividly through patients like John, whose hostility and defensiveness initially make him difficult to reach. His anger appears to be the central problem, but as therapy unfolds, it becomes clear that r...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Mortality Clarifies What Truly Matters
Nothing cuts through trivial self-deception like the awareness that time is limited. Through Julie, a young woman confronting terminal illness, Gottlieb explores how mortality can sharpen attention and strip life down to essentials. Julie is facing an unbearable reality, yet her sessions become a pr...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
It Is Never Too Late to Change
People often treat personality as fate, but therapy reveals that long-standing patterns can shift at any age. In the book, patients like Rita embody this truth. Older, guarded, and accustomed to relating in rigid ways, she initially seems set in her habits. Yet over time, beneath her resistance and ...
From Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
About Lori Gottlieb
Lori Gottlieb is an American psychotherapist, author, and columnist. She writes the 'Dear Therapist' column for The Atlantic and is a frequent speaker on mental health and emotional well-being. Her work blends clinical insight with narrative storytelling to make psychological concepts accessible to ...
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Lori Gottlieb is an American psychotherapist, author, and columnist. She writes the 'Dear Therapist' column for The Atlantic and is a frequent speaker on mental health and emotional well-being. Her work blends clinical insight with narrative storytelling to make psychological concepts accessible to ...
Lori Gottlieb is an American psychotherapist, author, and columnist. She writes the 'Dear Therapist' column for The Atlantic and is a frequent speaker on mental health and emotional well-being. Her work blends clinical insight with narrative storytelling to make psychological concepts accessible to a broad audience.
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