Lori Gottlieb
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About
Psychotherapist, nonfiction author, columnist, and podcast host known for her bestselling book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. She is also known for the books Marry Him, Stick Figure, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Workbook, and Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Journal. She is also known for her Instagram account @lorigottlieb_author where she shares therapy advice, book updates, podcast clips, speaking-event content, and mental health reflections with over 170,000 followers.
Before fame
She transferred from Yale to Stanford as a junior and graduated from Stanford in 1989. She worked as a film and television executive in her twenties before enrolling at Stanford Medical School, and she later earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University in 2010. She published her first book Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self in 2000 and her breakout came in 2019 with the release of her book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
Trivia
She has appeared as a mental health expert on Oprah, The Today Show, The Daily Show, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, CNN, and NPR's Fresh Air. Her 2019 TED Talk "How changing your story can change your life" became one of TED's top 10 most-watched talks of the year. She has co-hosted the podcasts Dear Therapists and Since You Asked.
Family life
She is a mother to a son named Zachary.
Associated with
She discussed therapy and mental health with Katie Couric in a 2022 Katie Couric Media interview.
