Ex-Skadden Lawyer Recalls Emotional Struggles in New Memoir

A former Big Law attorney is drawing from the stresses of her career to tell a story of addictive behaviors, emotional struggles, and recovery through the power of group therapy in a new book.

Group therapy rips “off the masks that we wear at work,” Christie Tate said of her new memoir. The book contrasts her personal turmoil with her buttoned-up professional life as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in the 2000s.

“Group. How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life,” was released in late October and quickly climbed the New York Times’ ...