End of the Hour, Meghan Riordan Jarvis
End of the Hour, Meghan Riordan Jarvis
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End of the Hour
A Therapist's Memoir

Author: Meghan Riordan Jarvis

Narrator: Meghan Riordan Jarvis

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

“A frank chronicle of healing.”—Kirkus Reviews

What happens when a trauma therapist is traumatized by loss?

Esteemed trauma therapist Meghan Riordan Jarvis knew how to help her patients process grief. For nearly twenty years, Jarvis expected that this clinical training would inoculate her against the effects of personal trauma. But when her father died after a year-long battle with cancer, followed by her mother’s unexpected passing while on their family vacation, she came undone.

Thrown into a maelstrom of grief, with long-buried childhood tragedy rising to the surface, Jarvis knew what she had to do―check herself into the same trauma facility to which she often sent her clients. In treatment, trading the therapist’s chair for the patient’s couch, Jarvis took her first steps toward healing.

A brave story of confronting life’s hardest moments with emotional honesty, End of the Hour is for anyone who has experienced the unpredictable, lasting power of grief―and wondered how they’d ever get through it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on January 01, 2024

I had high hopes for this book, but Jarvis’ writing didn’t draw me in. I’m sure there are folks who will be able to relate to her experiences of trauma, and may find a path to healing through her book; however, it seems that she was/is incredibly privileged. Most of the people I know who have been d......more

Goodreads review by Babbie on January 27, 2024

A moving memoir on an adult child grieving her parents, this book was a fresh take on grief. Meghan is a trauma therapist who is trained to treat grieving patients; however, when her own parents die, she is overwhelmed and seeks help. This was very thought provoking and filled with truth and honesty......more

Goodreads review by Matt on August 28, 2023

The problem I’ve encountered with books on grief is finding an author who has discovered the delicate balance between teaching & modeling. “End of the Hour” is a trauma therapist’s story of love, loss, and redemption that doesn’t minimize or circumvent our greatest losses in life. It is less a guide......more

Goodreads review by Sylvia on August 29, 2023

I’m surprised that I’m the first review under 5 stars. I’ve read a number of books about a psychiatrist or psychologist who has experienced trauma of their own and they’ve been excellent. Lori Gottlieb immediately comes to mind. This was not nearly as good as others in this genre.......more

Goodreads review by Kari on June 13, 2024

I went into this hoping for something similar to Maybe You Should Talk to Someone but instead got something so far away from that I didn't really know what I was reading. Yes this person is a therapist and knows some techniques for dealing with trauma but 99% of the book had nothing to do with being......more