Psychotherapist and Author
Lori Gottlieb is an American psychotherapist and author of the bestselling memoir Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which has sold over three million copies worldwide. She writes the weekly "Dear Therapist" advice column for The Atlantic.
by Lori Gottlieb
Gottlieb interweaves her work as a psychotherapist with her own collapse into therapy after a breakup, arguing that insight alone rarely changes behavior - what heals is the relationship with a therapist who can tolerate the patient's pain without rushing to fix it. She demystifies the therapeutic process through four patient stories and her own, showing how people construct the narratives that trap them.
The books Lori Gottlieb references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Viktor Frankl
Frankl survived Auschwitz and concluded that meaning, not pleasure or power, sustains us through suffering. His logotherapy argues we can find purpose in any circumstance.
by Bessel van der Kolk
Van der Kolk reveals how trauma reshapes the brain and body, storing itself in physical sensations. Recovery requires approaches that engage the body, not just talk therapy.
by Daniel Goleman
Goleman argues that EQ matters more than IQ for success. Self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation are skills that can be developed and that predict real-world outcomes.
by Brene Brown
Brown's research shows that vulnerability is not weakness but the foundation of courageous leadership. Leaders who embrace discomfort build more trusting, innovative teams.
by Eckhart Tolle
Tolle argues that nearly all human suffering comes from identification with the thinking mind. Presence in the current moment dissolves anxiety about the future and regret about the past.
Who Lori draws from, and who draws from Lori — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.