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Feb 2024
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427. Bad Therapy, Weak Parenting, Broken...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with best-selling author Abigail Shrier. They discuss her landmark first book, “Irreversible Damage,” as well as her latest publication, available now: “Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up". From this, they break down the state of the therapeutic industry, the overgrown tendency of professionals to “treat the well, rather t ... Show More
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