![]() But when I see things happening in the world, on a large scale, I think, ‘You know, all that anger that is being splashed about and acted out, that stuff could be dealt with in a group. might abandon me, because I finally understood that keeping. Like I released a secret, not caring who in my family. Like His smile made me feel cozy, Christie Tate, Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life. “It’s certainly not a book that’s prescriptive: ‘Go get group therapy!’ The truth is it’s a brutal, confrontational, nowhere-to-hide domain, and that’s asking a lot of somebody in their mental health treatment. Christie Tate, Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life. ![]() In a phone interview ahead of the event, I asked her if she thought America would benefit from group therapy. On Thursday, I’ll join Tate for a Family Action Network event to discuss her book and where it fits into life today. And by well-attended, I meant at least 12 people. “My wildest dreams were I hoped to come out in hardback,” Tate said, “and I hoped to have five well-attended events at bookstores. During Tate’s writing process, author Rebecca Makkai urged Tate to write down her wildest dreams for “Group.” The book launched immediately onto the New York Times bestseller list, which transcended Tate’s fairly modest goals. Reese Witherspoon selected “Group” as her November book club selection - the equivalent, Tate said, of winning the lottery for an author. ![]() I didn’t know any stories like that, and I wanted them.” “I wasn’t averse to medication, but I knew whatever was wrong with me was going to take more than a pill. “I was always hungry for books about therapy where it was messy and it took more than 30 days and maybe it took more than a pill,” Tate said. ![]()
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