Gottlieb and her boyfriend are laying in bed one night when he drops a bombshell on her. He is breaking up with her. She didn't expect it and is devastated. Through some subterfuge she asks a friend who is a therapist to recommend a therapist. So begins her quest to figure out what happened. She figures out that she is so upset not just because of the break up but because of other problems in her life that she didn't fully deal with.
She goes back in time and talks about her other career before she became a therapist. She also talks about how she decided to use in vitro fertilization to become a mother.
Another part of the book is about beginning as a therapist. She chronicles her work with several patients over time. Through her work with her therapist and her work with her patients we get an in depth look at how therapy works.
Gottlieb does a good job of humanizing herself and her patients. I would say there is a good reason this book has been on the bestseller list and would definitely recommend it.
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