the things I didn't say in therapy

by Logan Duane

In her very first book, poet Logan Duane takes her readers on a journey filled with grief, abuse, love, and perseverance. "the things I didn't say in therapy" is a collection of poetry crafted with raw emotions that will pull on the heartstrings of her audience. Follow Logan as she shares her most vulnerable thoughts; because although vulnerability is uncomfortable, it is often profoundly freeing.

Genres: Poetry, Self Help, Mental Health, Nonfiction, Psychology, Education, Love

142 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2020

Reviews

[Ali Goodwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars! My first ever poetry book. I really loved the last section on recovery. Some of the poems were SO impactful to me but others I felt like I either couldn't relate to or were just a bit short so I had trouble getting into them. However, that may be because I haven't been through a lot of the trauma that the author has been through. A very emotional read overall though!

[Sammie Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was definitely a raw book of poetry, some feminist, mostly emotional inner dwellings that were reactions to loss, grief, trauma, assault, recovery, and my favorite, love. This book is in the same vein as Amanda Lovelace poems, as in the template and the content is similar, though this book is entirely it's own. The way Logan speaks about grief is very guttural and raw, and I felt her emotions the most in those passages, as well as the ones about love. My favorites:

"Gentle hands touch my
mind
soul
body
like only you can,
because when two lovers collide
every living creature on Mother Earth
can feel the fire as their bodies
melt into one
graceful goddess.

You give me wings."

"I love you
like the moon
loves the tides
and the stars
love the skies."

[Savannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my opinion it was good. Just good. Wasn’t for me. I waited so long to read this book & it was disappointing.

[Cheyenne Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s an easy read - I blew through it in an afternoon. But that’s actually part of why I didn’t connect well with the book. The poems are easy to digest and to understand. The emotions and feelings are upfront, raw, and direct which seems like what the author intended with this collection. In that, she succeeded brilliantly.

But it left me feeling unfulfilled. It is a collection of raw emotion with no reflection or insight. I empathize with the author but don’t feel like I understand the shape of her pain or my own any better. It felt like it scraped the surface and if you’re telling me this is the stuff you didn’t say in therapy, I want to hear you in all your depth.

[Bridget · Rating 5 out of 5]

“you’re not a burden, you matter, you matter, you matter”
“i like to believe that you’ve become the biggest, most beautiful sunflower of them all”
this book hits you right where it hurts most but its so powerful

[alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un recueil poétique à la fois puissant et émouvant, où certains passages résonnent de manière saisissante, même s'ils peuvent être éprouvants à lire. #relatable #unpeutropréel #lol

"I watched silently as your love for me became your lust for my body"

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/3 My first poetry book

[Kristina · Rating 1 out of 5]

My book club chose to read this book this month. The title had me intrigued and I really wanted to like this book, I TRIED to like this book, but ultimately I just didn’t. I love reading poetry but, unfortunately, I didn’t love, or even like, this collection. The poems are super vague and read like magnets you’d find among monogrammed shirts in a teen store full of fluff. If this is what the author didn’t say in therapy, what in the world did she say?! Give me the goods. Speak to me. Tell me what’s haunting you. Tell me what has transformed you. Tell me what you really, REALLY, didn’t say in therapy.

Also, wayyyyyyyyyy too many typos.

One star, though, because it does take courage to publish your writings.

[Daniela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bin kein großer Poetry Fan und das war mein erstes Poetry Buch und der Großteil davon hat mich nicht sehr angesprochen/mir gefallen, aber dafür gab‘s auch einiges was mich TOTAL angesprochen hat.
Ich hatte teils das Gefühl, dass die Emotionen nicht ganz da waren. Als wärs nur etwas wo man kurz hinschaut, aber sich nicht weiter Zeit für nimmt.
Wie gesagt, manches hat mich total angesprochen und meine Gedanken, meine Gefühle komplett gespiegelt - ich hab mich verstanden gefühlt.
Aber vor allem beim Recovery Teil hatte ich das Gefühl, dass es nichts „tiefes“ sein soll.
Vielleicht liegt es an mir und meiner Unerfahrenheit mit/in dem Genre.
Aber ich hatte mir durch den Titel einfach MEHR erwartet.
Größere Gefühle.
Wirklich dunkle Gedanken.
Dinge, die man halt in der Therapie ungern oder nie ansprechen will oder jemals einer anderen Person erzählen will.
Aber nichts davon fällt für mich in diese Kategorie.

[Mariam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love you
like the moon
loves the tides
and the stars
love the skies.

[wrenliii · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5
I didn’t connect to the reader or was able to read this and find it relatable. If you, however, were put in these certain circumstances then I’m sure you would’ve found it a more meaningful read. But for me, it didn’t hit home. As for the way of writing, it wasn’t smooth or had much emotion I could decipher. But it also depends on the person reading the poetry because everyone will have a different view. And this is mine.

[riri ☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

“You have done nothing to warrant the pain that you're feeling. You did nothing to deserve what you've gone through. No matter how many times vour brain tries to convince you that you don't belong here on this earth, it's wrong. Your life matters. Your happiness matters. You deserve to sit in a field of your favorite flowers and flip through the pages of a treasured book. You deserve to wake up in the morning and smile at the sun as it tenderly kisses your sleepy cheeks. No one gets to take away your joy. No one gets to take away your core values and beliefs. You are strong. You are brave. You're allowed to wear confidence on your shoulders like a badge of honor. You're allowed to take up space with your body and your words without feeling guilty. You're not a burden. You matter. You matter. You matter.”

[Leandra März · Rating 2 out of 5]

pretty words but they did not move me. Those are thoughts that cross my mind pretty often. I like poetry that brings new perspective to things and incaurages to think deeply and even rethink a lot of things…. This was not it for me but It might be for someone else

[Hailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would like to say that there are so many things I love about this book that I wouldn't be able to list them all. However, if I had to pick one, I would say that this book is very relatable on a sentimental level. I personally believe that everyone has gone through something that was a secret and meant a lot to them, good or bad. So yes, many have not gone through these specific events, but the words in this book goes deeper than those specific events; it goes to the feeling you felt when you went through what you went through and what the author wanted you to feel. When I read this book, I found myself in tears or shaking my head because it is so unbelievably mind blowing how the author could display my feelings about events and put them into a book in someone else perspective. On top of that, the words! Yes, they may of not been smooth but, they did mean something deeper and that was all that matters. Poems are poems because they rhyme but also because of how significant they are. That's what makes this book a good book, because it means much more than the words on the pages.

[Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such an amazing poetry book. Touches on several painful topics. The first section about grief and sadness is both beautiful and relatable and the last section about recovery gave me some things to keep in mind when moving on in life. It was a very well written book of poetry that I’ll 10/10 read again.

[omi]

can’t rate it bc its too personal

[Paola Hernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read of 2026! Why not start off with a poetry book!
I found this book on fb marketplace randomly and decided why not try it, it’s only $5! And I’m so glad I did! The title is was initially caught my attention, but then I saw the sections the book was broken into and I thought this book was really going to hit the feels!
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This book was broken into three sections:
• About grief and sadness
• About pain and abuse
• About love
• About recovery
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Really the only section I thought wasn’t going to resonate with me was the grief one, bc I’m very lucky to not have experience much grief in my life, but even as someone who hasn’t, reading some of those really really made me pause and say “oof”. The sections that resonated with me the most were pain/abuse and recovery. Most of those really hit me in the feels! 🥺 but I loved them!
This entire book felt very raw and unfiltered and I thank the author for that. 🩷

[Alicia S Sjöblom ⚡️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Årets första bok i bokklubben. Mitt val i kategorin poesi. Fokus låg på att hitta 4 dikter (en i varje del) och resonera kring hur den påverkade oss.

3/5 stjärnor. Det finns vissa dikter som går på djupet, andra som en bara passerar.

Hela boken är i helhet klockren då författaren är en okänd ung kvinna som skrivit gentemot sin anonyma förövare. Hon skriver i en dikt att han endast kan ta åt sig är om han själv erkänner vad han har gjort emot henne:
”(…) so the only way you can be angry with me is to admit what you have done.”

I en av de avslutande dikterna i boken skriver hon att hon ska uppfostra sin son (deras gemensamma?) till ”twice the man he is”.

Amazing. You go girl

[Abby Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

TW: SA (!!!), abuse, SI
I’m taking on my friend’s rule: if I cry, it’s 5 stars. And I cried. A LOT. This is SO vulnerable and raw- so much so that it took me over 2 weeks to read the entire book (less than 150 pages). I felt so heard, especially the anger that comes with grief. I’ve bookmarked so many pages and know I’ll read this again, which rarely happens with me. The best poetry book I’ve read to date, hands down.

[Azura ~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author portrayed the things they’ve been through and how it affected them and their mental so beautifully. The poetry was simple, there was no overuse of figurative language and that was something I could really appreciate.

[Emma Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most raw, real poetry books I’ve ever read. I resonated with so many of these poems and they just hit me right in the feels. Definitely would recommend this one!

[PaginasdeAna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estuvo ok, la verdad es que algunas de la experiencias de la autora no puedo relacionarme pero hubo otras que si. Siento que la poesía es muy abstracta y necesitas tener una conexión con lo que está hablando el autor para poder conectar y la verdad casi no la sentí.

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5 stars - While some of these poems were beautiful, I just could not connect with them.

[Emma :) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lowk gave “I write in words” iykyk

Or

I cried
You crew
We both crode

But some of the pages were pretty good

[Marissa Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

“To look at yourself in the mirror and want to die
is a feeling that can not be described to those that have never existed in such darkness.”

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartbreaking

[Brooklyn Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great book I finished it in a half an hour. The poetry was wonderful and the descriptions really made you feel what she writing about

[Diogo Canastreiro · Rating 1 out of 5]

we need to stop confusing tumblr poetry with a book worth publishing.

[Ash · Rating 5 out of 5]

After searching and searching, I finally found another favorite poet. Will definitely be looking out for more of her work in the future.

I can't begin to understand the negative reviews that talk about the book being hyper-specific. Yes, this book covers some things I personally can't relate to. That doesn't make the book bad. The author can only speak to her experiences. What's she supposed to do, dilute them so everyone can relate to the work? If it's not for you, that's totally fine, but don't give a bad rating just cause you can't relate. I can't exactly relate to Shakespeare's King Lear but I know for a fact it's a masterpiece...

[Arielle Esmond · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve decided to add healing poetry reading time to my yoga and meditation time. It is helping me so much. I absolutely need to get more healing books. Let me know some good recommendations!