You want to talk about it? A psychotherapist. Her clients. And the truth we hide from others and ourselves

An incredibly sincere and shockingly frank memoir by a psychotherapist that has conquered the world. The book has been raved about by Arianna Huffington, Susan Cain and Irvin Yalom. Laurie is a psychotherapist from Los Angeles. Every day, all sorts of people come to her office to tell her about their problems - because they have no one to talk to about it. John is a successful producer with a beautiful wife and two children - he is sure that everyone around him is an idiot. But what secret really lies behind his self-confidence and egoism?.. Rita, a lonely woman, plans to commit suicide if her life does not change in a year. After three failed marriages, she has never found love, and her children do not want to see her. Does she have a chance for happiness?.. Julia, on her honeymoon with her beloved husband, learns that she has cancer. How do you cope with the knowledge of your own impending death when your life has just begun?.. Charlotte can't stop the endless cycle of self-destruction: alcoholism and promiscuity have become her way of coping with childhood trauma. But if the past cannot be changed, how can she change herself?.. Laurie herself needs Wendell, an eccentric psychoanalyst, to cope with a difficult breakup. But is she really pining for her departed boyfriend, and not for something more?.. There is no place for secrets, illusions and self-deception in a psychotherapist's office. And you definitely can't do without tissues...