Group is a deliciously addictive read, and with Christie as our guide-skeptical of her own capacity for connection and intimacy, but hopeful in spite of herself-we are given a front row seat to the daring, exhilarating, painful, and hilarious journey that is group therapy-an under-explored process that breaks you down, and then reassembles you so that all the pieces finally fit. Rosen and to depend on the sessions and the prescribed nightly phone calls with various group members, she begins to understand what it means to connect. Rosen’s outlandish directives, but as her defenses break down and she comes to trust Dr.
So begins her entry into the strange, terrifying, and ultimately life-changing world of group therapy. Rosen issues a nine-word prescription that will change everything: “You don’t need a cure, you need a witness.” Christie is skeptical, insisting that that she is defective, beyond cure. About everything-her eating habits, childhood, sexual history, etc. All she has to do is show up and be honest. Rosen, a therapist who calmly assures her that if she joins one of his psychotherapy groups, he can transform her life. Why then was she driving through Chicago fantasizing about her own death? Why was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her in spite of her achievements?Įnter Dr. Please follow this link: to purchase a copy of the original book.Group – How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life // by Christie TateĬhristie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. If you are the author, publisher, or representative of the original work, please contact with any questions or concerns. SNAP Summaries is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. Rosen and her group mates, and then with colleagues and other people around her.ĭISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Group. When everything comes out, she finally gets out of her own way and starts connecting-first with herself, then with Dr. Rosen’s groups, she learns to overcome her fear of being truly seen and begins to open up to her group mates about her troubled childhood, disordered eating, and other aspects of her life that her old self would fight to keep hidden.
At the start, Tate is a recovering bulimic harboring the deep conviction that she is unlovable and repressing suicidal thoughts. Rosen’s psychotherapy groups and the transformation she experienced as a result. Group is Christie Tate’s raw and brutally honest account of the years the Chicago-based writer spent in Dr. How vulnerability is the antidote to loneliness and feelings of unbelonging.How keeping secrets hurts relationships and individual well-being.
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