Murder of Crows discussion

I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night by Dr. Harper

Summary:
I've seen it all... A boy who planned to be the next school shooter. A patient with OCD whose loved ones really did suffer every time he missed a ritual. A choir boy who claimed he was being molested -- not by a priest -- but by God Himself. A patient with PTSD who gave me nightmares. A husband and wife who accused each other of abuse, and only one of them was telling the truth.
And how could I ever forget, Patient #220.
The problem is, my patients have a habit of dying. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the common denominator. Or maybe that's just the cost of taking on exceptionally broken clients.
Either way, I'll never stop trying to help.

My thoughts:
This book was suggested to me by a friend with little context as to what was inside, just the promise that it’s a good read.

I was told this was a book based on real events of a true therapist, but this is not true! This is a fiction book that was written in a way to make it seem real. I had figured this out part way through the first patient but thinking to myself: Would someone actually do this if they were a therapist? No. Would this play out like this in real life? No. Can someone guess this accurately with such big jumps to conclusions? Also no. I don’t have an issue with the false stories, I was just finding it hard to believe after thinking it was all true. After looking up if these are real events, I think I was able to enjoy the falsified stories a little more because they teetered on realism and exaggeration.

The writing style reminds me of Dan Wells. The only difference is that this book is a lot faster moving which makes it more enjoyable than Dan’s series I Am Not a Serial Killer.

I was thrown by the ending a little because (view spoiler)[all the stories came together. (hide spoiler)] It was clever and carefully crafted, but I wouldn't say it made the book any better. Overall, a good read just a little let down that they were real stories (although that would breach confidentiality). In the same breath I’m impressed by the writing considering the author isn’t an actual therapist because I’ve come across too many books that didn’t have enough research in what they were writing about.