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Everyone needs help with their mental health, even mental health professionals. Join us as we have your therapist take a seat on the couch to talk about their own mental health journey!
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Your Therapist Needs Therapy 152 - Sportswashing! Greenwashing! Everything is Dirty!
This week Jeremy talks about the dirty laundry involved in major sporting events, such as this year’s upcoming World Cup. We look at the terrible environmental impact that will make this the worst…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 151 - The Memeification of Mass Violence
This week Jeremy peels back a dark corner of the internet to look at how meme culture and edgelord attempts at irony contribute to mass violence. We look at the recent shooting at the Islamic Center…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 150 - No One Wants To Pay For Mental Health
This week Jeremy discusses some therapy business drama! Aetna and/or Alma are the worst and blaming each other for what is in effect a huge pay cut for a majority of therapists. Jeremy breaks down…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 149 - Let the Professionals Handle It
One of Jeremy’s greatest adversaries is the topic today, as we’re doing a deconstruction of professionalism! Hooray! Jeremy takes a look at how the arbitrary and socially constructed meaning of a…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 148 - Wisconsin's Mental Health Action Plan
This week Jeremy goes over the recently released ‘Mental Health Action Plan’ from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Jeremy breaks down what he likes about it, what he really doesn’t like…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 147 - Does Reality Even Matter Anymore?
When the news feels like a fever dream, it's easy to ask whether truth even matters anymore. This week we look at propaganda's long history through authoritarian regimes, dystopian fiction, and how…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 146 - The Bible Prop
This week Jeremy looks at two recent bible events in the public eye, Trump reading some choice scriptures in the Oval Office and Russell Brand failing to navigate the worn pages of his good book.…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 145 - #notalltherapists
Ugh. This week there’s drama to talk about. We’re talking about the recent online firestorm around TherapyJeff, whose response to CNN's reporting on a so-called "rape academy" website was not good.…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 144 - What Comes Next in Mental Health?
Jeremy tries his hand at being an optimist this week! We take a look at a few possible futures and what role mental health might play. Jeremy questions if the profession is ready (and willing) to…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 143 - Sexual Ethics of the Crumbling Empire
This week Jeremy catches up on a sex scandal! And a viral moment from a pastor? But, both stories highlight different aspects of the control culture present both in this authoritarian regime and in…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 142 - Movement, Performance, and Meaning-Making with Mario Ismael Espinoza
Jeremy gets to chat this week with extremely talented Mario Ismael Espinoza. Mario shares their journey from being a professional dancer to moving into social work, and blending body movement and…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 141 - Talking Apostasy with Sammy from HaramDoodles
This week Jeremy is joined by the incredibly talented Sammy from Haram Doodles. Jeremy and Sammy are both Borgenicht Fellows and they chat about some of the similarities they experienced leaving high…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 140 - Re-parenting Your Inner Child with Tracy Keller
This week Jeremy is joined by returning guest Tracy Keller, owner over at Firefly Counseling. Tracy was the guest on episode 81 and this week we check in on the very chill, very normal times we’ve…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 139 - Deconstructing Civic Faith
This week Jeremy takes a look at people deconstructing their civic pride and offers the framework of religious deconstruction as a useful model for navigating the fallout. We look at the “American…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 138 - Polyvagal Theory Debunked!?!?!
This week Jeremy tackles the ongoing drama in the world of Polyvagal Theory in the therapy room and online. Jeremy explains why some theories have better scientific data than others, and why therapy…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 137 - Co-Creating Social Worlds Symposium (Part 1)
This week Jeremy gets to talk about an upcoming symposium he is attending. Jeremy shares the conversation starter paper he wrote, “Questioning the Utility of Religion as Moral Arbiter” in all its…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 136 - Why Are We All So Dumb?
This week Jeremy tackles the rising tide of anti-intellectualism, and tries to bring some nuance to the conversation of “expertise.” Is the Internet making us dumber? Not really. Is AI making us…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 135 - The Super Bowl and the Hollow Center of American Dominance
This week Jeremy looks at America’s favorite pastime of staging a glossy reassurance ritual that the old prosperity myth is still alive! Three cheers for late stage capitalism celebrating itself!…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 134 - Protecting Power Over Children
This episode examines why America repeatedly defends powerful men and institutions accused of sexual harm while claiming moral outrage about “protecting children.” From QAnon’s fantasy villains to…
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 133 - The American Authoritarian Family Tree
Authoritarian movements in the U.S. don’t appear out of nowhere, they inherit patterns. In this episode, Jeremy traces the American authoritarian family tree from Gerald L. K. Smith’s Christian…
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Your Therapist Needs Therapy has published 152 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Arts.
Your Therapist Needs Therapy is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 53m.
