Lori Gottlieb is an American writer and psychotherapist. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller, '' Maybe You Should Talk to Someone'', which is being adapted as a TV series. She also writes the weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column for ''

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'' and is the co-host of the iHeart Radio podcast "Dear Therapists." Her TED Talk was one of the top most-watched talks of 2019.

Life and career

Gottlieb was born in Los Angeles in 1966. She obtained her undergraduate degree from

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in 1989, where she was a member of

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. She obtained a Masters of Clinical Psychology at

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in 2010. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Gottlieb was a commentator for ''

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'' and a contributing editor for ''

''. She has written for various publications and appeared on various TV shows. She told the story of how she had her son at

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mainstage show in Aspen. Her memoir/self-help book '' Maybe You Should Talk to Someone'' is being developed and adapted for television by

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for ABC Network.

Works

* '' Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed'', Houghton Mifflin, 2019 *''Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough'' *''Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self''

References

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