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LOCATION: Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA 19027
We are pleased to present New York Times bestselling author and therapist Lori Gottlieb, author of MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE, a disarmingly funny, thought-provoking, and boldly revealing new book that shows us what it means to be human.
We are pleased to present New York Times bestselling author and therapist Lori Gottlieb, author of MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE, a disarmingly funny, thought-provoking, and boldly revealing new book that shows us what it means to be human.NOW BEING DEVELOPED AS A TELEVISION SERIES WITH EVA LONGORIA AND ABC!
Every year, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist’s couch—and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable new book, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. “I know what it’s like to be a person,” she writes, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives—a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys (even one from the waiting room)—she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
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Cost:
$35, includes admission and a copy of the hardcover edition of the book. (Note: the book will not be published in paperback until 2021.)
$10, ticket only.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is being adapted as a television series with Eva Longoria. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column and contributes regularly to The New York Times and many other publications. She is also a TED speaker, a member of the Advisory Council for Bring Change to Mind and advisor to the Aspen Institute. A contributing writer for the Atlantic, she has written hundreds of articles related to psychology and culture, many of which have become viral sensations. She is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, CNN, and NPR’s “Fresh Air.” Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com or by following her @LoriGottlieb1 on Twitter.
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Keneseth Israel is located at 8339 Old York Road, at the corner of Township Line Road, in Elkins Park. There is plenty of parking. Entrance is around the back from the parking lot.