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📖 Therapist Memoir

A clinician turns the lens inward, sharing the personal toll, unexpected revelations, and quiet transformations that come from spending a career listening to others' pain.
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1991
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
3.76
3k+
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy🌌 Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer 94%
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1991
3.76
3k+ ratings
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy🌌 Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Becoming Myself
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2017
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
4.19
9k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy👥 Group Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself 93%
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017
4.19
9k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy👥 Group Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Notes to John
by Joan Didion • 2025
Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.
3.90
6k+
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
Notes to John Summary
Notes to John 93%
Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.
by Joan Didion 2025
3.90
6k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
On Being a Therapist
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 1986
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
4.03
4k+
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice🌱 Therapist Development😔 Compassion Fatigue
On Being a Therapist Summary
On Being a Therapist 92%
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 1986
4.03
4k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice🌱 Therapist Development😔 Compassion Fatigue
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 2003
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
3.88
765
🔍 Unusual Case Studies💡 Therapy Breakthroughs🤝 Relational Healing
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table Summary
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table 92%
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 2003
3.88
765 ratings
🔍 Unusual Case Studies💡 Therapy Breakthroughs🤝 Relational Healing
Hour of the Heart
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2024
A legendary therapist's final casebook: single sessions on Zoom, and the relationship is the cure.
4.46
2k+
🧠 Existential Psychotherapy📋 Clinical Case Studies💞 Therapeutic Relationship
Hour of the Heart Summary
Hour of the Heart 92%
A legendary therapist's final casebook: single sessions on Zoom, and the relationship is the cure.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2024
4.46
2k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychotherapy📋 Clinical Case Studies💞 Therapeutic Relationship
The Gift of Therapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2003
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
4.32
30k+
🧠 Psychotherapy Practice⏳ Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
The Gift of Therapy Summary
The Gift of Therapy 92%
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2003
4.32
30k+ ratings
🧠 Psychotherapy Practice⏳ Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb • 2019
The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.
4.37
411k+
🛋️ Psychotherapy🫥 Emotional Avoidance🩹 Wounded Healers
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Summary
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 92%
The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.
by Lori Gottlieb 2019
4.37
411k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy🫥 Emotional Avoidance🩹 Wounded Healers
Good Morning, Monster
by Catherine Gildiner • 2019
Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.
4.45
67k+
🩺 Clinical Case Studies🧒 Childhood Trauma🌱 Trauma Recovery
Good Morning, Monster Summary
Good Morning, Monster 92%
Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.
by Catherine Gildiner 2019
4.45
67k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Case Studies🧒 Childhood Trauma🌱 Trauma Recovery
The Tell
by Amy Griffin • 2025
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
3.92
56k+
📖 Trauma Memoir👶 Childhood Trauma🍄 Psychedelic Therapy
The Tell Summary
The Tell 92%
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
by Amy Griffin 2025
3.92
56k+ ratings
📖 Trauma Memoir👶 Childhood Trauma🍄 Psychedelic Therapy
And How Does That Make You Feel?
by Joshua Fletcher • 2024
Inside the room: anxiety is a false alarm, your therapist is a person, and connection is the cure.
4.16
4k+
🛋️ Therapy Demystified😰 Anxiety Disorders😱 Panic Attacks
And How Does That Make You Feel? Summary
And How Does That Make You Feel? 92%
Inside the room: anxiety is a false alarm, your therapist is a person, and connection is the cure.
by Joshua Fletcher 2024
4.16
4k+ ratings
🛋️ Therapy Demystified😰 Anxiety Disorders😱 Panic Attacks
Get Me Out of Here
by Rachel Reiland • 2002
A desperate wife and mother enters psychoanalysis with a therapist who will not give up on her.
3.97
7k+
🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy🧸 Inner Child Healing
Get Me Out of Here Summary
Get Me Out of Here 92%
A desperate wife and mother enters psychoanalysis with a therapist who will not give up on her.
by Rachel Reiland 2002
3.97
7k+ ratings
🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy🧸 Inner Child Healing
Music Heard So Deeply
by Betsey King • 2015
In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.
4.65
23
🎵 Music Therapy📖 Healthcare Memoir🎨 Creative Arts Therapies
Music Heard So Deeply Summary
Music Heard So Deeply 92%
In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.
by Betsey King 2015
4.65
23 ratings
🎵 Music Therapy📖 Healthcare Memoir🎨 Creative Arts Therapies
The Making of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2004
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
4.38
2k+
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧘 Therapeutic Presence🪞 Countertransference
The Making of a Therapist Summary
The Making of a Therapist 92%
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
by Louis Cozolino 2004
4.38
2k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧘 Therapeutic Presence🪞 Countertransference
On Being Human
by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
3.91
4k+
🧠 Trauma Memoir🧘‍♀️ Embodiment💔 Vulnerability
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human 92%
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019
3.91
4k+ ratings
🧠 Trauma Memoir🧘‍♀️ Embodiment💔 Vulnerability
Building a Life Worth Living
by Marsha M. Linehan • 2020
The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.
4.10
6k+
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🛟 Suicide Prevention🏥 Clinical Psychology
Building a Life Worth Living Summary
Building a Life Worth Living 92%
The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.
by Marsha M. Linehan 2020
4.10
6k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🛟 Suicide Prevention🏥 Clinical Psychology
Men Have Called Her Crazy
by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
3.43
23k+
🏥 Trauma Memoir🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry💔 Self-Harm Recovery
Men Have Called Her Crazy Summary
Men Have Called Her Crazy 92%
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
by Anna Marie Tendler 2024
3.43
23k+ ratings
🏥 Trauma Memoir🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry💔 Self-Harm Recovery
The Center Cannot Hold
by Elyn R. Saks • 2007
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
4.33
23k+
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
The Center Cannot Hold Summary
The Center Cannot Hold 92%
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
by Elyn R. Saks 2007
4.33
23k+ ratings
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
Buddha & the Borderline
by Kiera Van Gelder • 2010
BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.
4.11
5k+
🧠 Bpd Recovery🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🧰 Dbt Skills
Buddha & the Borderline Summary
Buddha & the Borderline 92%
BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.
by Kiera Van Gelder 2010
4.11
5k+ ratings
🧠 Bpd Recovery🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🧰 Dbt Skills
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
by Baek Se-hee • 2018
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
3.21
104k+
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Summary
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 92%
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
by Baek Se-hee 2018
3.21
104k+ ratings
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
by Gerald Corey • 2004
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
3.98
2k+
📚 Psychotherapy Theories🎓 Counselor Education💞 Therapeutic Relationship
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy Summary
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 92%
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
by Gerald Corey 2004
3.98
2k+ ratings
📚 Psychotherapy Theories🎓 Counselor Education💞 Therapeutic Relationship
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1967
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
4.20
10k+
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🔄 Interpersonal Psychology⚡ Existential Psychotherapy
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy Summary
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy 92%
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1967
4.20
10k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🔄 Interpersonal Psychology⚡ Existential Psychotherapy
Becoming a Therapist
by Suzanne Bender • 2002
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
3.97
183
🌱 New Therapists🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Alliance
Becoming a Therapist Summary
Becoming a Therapist 91%
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
by Suzanne Bender 2002
3.97
183 ratings
🌱 New Therapists🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Alliance
Maps of Narrative Practice
by Michael White • 2007
A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.
4.34
621
🎭 Narrative Therapy🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods📖 Narrative Psychology
Maps of Narrative Practice Summary
Maps of Narrative Practice 91%
A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.
by Michael White 2007
4.34
621 ratings
🎭 Narrative Therapy🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods📖 Narrative Psychology
The Mindful Therapist
by Daniel J. Siegel • 2010
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
4.12
941
🧠 Clinical Psychology🧘 Psychotherapy Practice🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist 91%
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010
4.12
941 ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychology🧘 Psychotherapy Practice🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy
Fish
by Stephen C. Lundin • 1996
She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.
3.92
29k+
🩺 Clinical Memoir🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir🎭 Masking And Mimicry
Fish Summary
Fish 91%
She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.
by Stephen C. Lundin 1996
3.92
29k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Memoir🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir🎭 Masking And Mimicry
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
by Evanna Lynch • 2021
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
4.52
7k+
🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery📖 Mental Health Memoirs🪞 Body Image
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 91%
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
by Evanna Lynch 2021
4.52
7k+ ratings
🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery📖 Mental Health Memoirs🪞 Body Image
The Development of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2021
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
4.19
212
📚 Psychotherapy Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship🩹 Trauma Healing
The Development of a Therapist Summary
The Development of a Therapist 91%
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
by Louis Cozolino 2021
4.19
212 ratings
📚 Psychotherapy Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship🩹 Trauma Healing
The Hunger Games
by Kate Egan • 2012
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
4.53
206k+
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games 91%
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
by Kate Egan 2012
4.53
206k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
Schema Therapy
by Jeffrey E. Young • 2003
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
4.47
870
🧩 Psychotherapy Integration🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔗 Attachment-Based Therapy
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 91%
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
by Jeffrey E. Young 2003
4.47
870 ratings
🧩 Psychotherapy Integration🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔗 Attachment-Based Therapy
Glow in the F*cking Dark
by Tara Schuster • 2023
The unglamorous daily practices that rebuilt a life, from a hot mess who tried everything else.
3.91
3k+
📖 Self-Help Memoir🩹 Trauma Healing🧒 Reparenting
Glow in the F*cking Dark Summary
Glow in the F*cking Dark 91%
The unglamorous daily practices that rebuilt a life, from a hot mess who tried everything else.
by Tara Schuster 2023
3.91
3k+ ratings
📖 Self-Help Memoir🩹 Trauma Healing🧒 Reparenting
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
3.89
8k+
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 91%
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018
3.89
8k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
A Life in Light
by Mary Pipher • 2022
How to find sustaining light when everything falls apart, from a psychologist who lived through it.
4.06
1k+
🧘 Contemplative Memoir👵 Mindful Aging🌿 Nature And Healing
A Life in Light Summary
A Life in Light 91%
How to find sustaining light when everything falls apart, from a psychologist who lived through it.
by Mary Pipher 2022
4.06
1k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Memoir👵 Mindful Aging🌿 Nature And Healing
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1989
A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.
4.25
42k+
🏛️ Existential Therapy📋 Clinical Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy 91%
A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1989
4.25
42k+ ratings
🏛️ Existential Therapy📋 Clinical Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam • 2014
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
3.90
6k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop 91%
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
by David Adam 2014
3.90
6k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science
The First Kiss
by Daryl Chow • 2018
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
4.13
253
🧭 First Sessions🤝 Client Engagement🔗 Therapeutic Alliance
The First Kiss Summary
The First Kiss 91%
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
by Daryl Chow 2018
4.13
253 ratings
🧭 First Sessions🤝 Client Engagement🔗 Therapeutic Alliance
Reaching Through Resistance
by Allan Abbass • 2015
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
4.38
85
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy💔 Attachment Trauma🧍 Somatic Experiencing
Reaching Through Resistance Summary
Reaching Through Resistance 91%
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
by Allan Abbass 2015
4.38
85 ratings
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy💔 Attachment Trauma🧍 Somatic Experiencing
Practising Existential Psychotherapy
by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
4.26
88
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice📚 Clinical Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Practising Existential Psychotherapy 91%
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
by Ernesto Spinelli 2007
4.26
88 ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice📚 Clinical Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Darkness Visible
by William Styron • 1990
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
3.99
32k+
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
Darkness Visible Summary
Darkness Visible 91%
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
by William Styron 1990
3.99
32k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 91%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience
Beyond Borderline
by John G. Gunderson • 2016
BPD is widely considered untreatable. The firsthand recovery stories here dismantle that myth.
3.80
405
🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder📖 Mental Illness Memoir🩹 Trauma And Recovery
Beyond Borderline Summary
Beyond Borderline 91%
BPD is widely considered untreatable. The firsthand recovery stories here dismantle that myth.
by John G. Gunderson 2016
3.80
405 ratings
🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder📖 Mental Illness Memoir🩹 Trauma And Recovery
Divided Minds
by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
4.00
3k+
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds 91%
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005
4.00
3k+ ratings
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Soulbriety
by Elisa Hallerman • 2022
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
4.01
242
🔗 Addiction Recovery🩹 Trauma Healing🧘 Somatic Therapy
Soulbriety Summary
Soulbriety 91%
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
by Elisa Hallerman 2022
4.01
242 ratings
🔗 Addiction Recovery🩹 Trauma Healing🧘 Somatic Therapy
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
by Sheldon B. Kopp • 1972
Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.
3.99
3k+
🧠 Existential Psychotherapy🌑 Shadow Work🌟 Human Potential Movement
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him Summary
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him 91%
Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.
by Sheldon B. Kopp 1972
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychotherapy🌑 Shadow Work🌟 Human Potential Movement
Body Work
by Melissa Febos • 2022
Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.
4.22
6k+
🖋️ Memoir Writing🩹 Writing Therapy✍️ Feminist Criticism
Body Work Summary
Body Work 91%
Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.
by Melissa Febos 2022
4.22
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Memoir Writing🩹 Writing Therapy✍️ Feminist Criticism
Say Everything
by Ione Skye • 2025
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
3.99
8k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs👤 Absent Fathers🔗 Codependency
Say Everything Summary
Say Everything 91%
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
by Ione Skye 2025
3.99
8k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs👤 Absent Fathers🔗 Codependency
Little Earthquakes
by Sarah Mandel • 2023
A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.
4.17
500
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs👶 New Motherhood🩹 Trauma Recovery
Little Earthquakes Summary
Little Earthquakes 91%
A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.
by Sarah Mandel 2023
4.17
500 ratings
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs👶 New Motherhood🩹 Trauma Recovery
Living Better
by Alastair Campbell • 2020
A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.
4.24
2k+
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🌧️ Depression Management🗣️ Mental Health Stigma
Living Better Summary
Living Better 91%
A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.
by Alastair Campbell 2020
4.24
2k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🌧️ Depression Management🗣️ Mental Health Stigma
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
by Maria Bamford • 2023
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
3.71
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Summary
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 91%
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
by Maria Bamford 2023
3.71
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir
What My Bones Know
by Stephanie Foo • 2022
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
4.49
79k+
📖 Trauma Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
What My Bones Know Summary
What My Bones Know 91%
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
by Stephanie Foo 2022
4.49
79k+ ratings
📖 Trauma Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
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