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Jun 2022
1h 21m

#120: Uncomfortable Realities and the Da...

Mary Jelkovsky
About this episode

Psychotherapist Seerut Chawla (@seerutkchawla) joins us for a hot take on the dangers of Insta-therapy. Warning: this conversation will challenge you to keep an open mind, think critically, and evaluate what you’ve been taught.

You will learn...

  • what ideas about mental health that have been popularized on social media are actually unethical and harmful
  • how cultural differences impact our view of mental health
  • what trauma actually is and what it is NOT

Remember: take what resonates with you and leave the rest. This conversation is meant to challenge us to maybe see things a little differently...

Seerut Chawla is a psychotherapist and cultural commentator based in London.

Follow Seerut on Instagram: @seerutkchawla
Sign up for Seerut’s Substack here: https://seerutkchawla.substack.com/

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Make sure to tag @maryspodcast and @seerutkchawla

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