We’re back this week with a doozy of an episode! Jeremy takes aim at some lessons learned from current events regarding class consciousness, violence in oppressive systems, and vigilante justice. We look at the different psychological concepts surrounding Luigi Mangione’s *alleged* shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the various cognitive b ... Show More
Nov 19
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 123 - Healthy Holiday Boundaries with Emily Aleksy
<p>In this episode, Jeremy and Emily dig into the realities of setting and enforcing holiday boundaries, especially when family dynamics, guilt, and old patterns collide. They explore why boundaries are for the self and not other people, and discuss how unclear limits, people-ple ... Show More
50m 50s
Nov 12
Your Therapist Needs Therapy 122 - These Books are for Everybody with Cree Myles
<p>In this episode, Jeremy gets to chat with all around awesome human and book influencer Cree Myles about her journey into book advocacy. They explore how literature, hip-hop, and good mentors in higher education shaped Cree’s worldview. They talk about how great Ursala K Le Gui ... Show More
58m 28s
Jun 2024
The Therapy Episode
<p>In recent years, as our culture has embraced therapy more widely, depictions of the practice have proliferated on screen. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz trace the archetype from the silent, scribbling analysts of Woody ... Show More
45m 27s
Sep 2024
#326 Therapeutic TTRPGs with Daniel Hand
<p>Dirk is joined by Daniel Hand, therapeutic counselor and author of "Role-playing Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioners Guide". Together, the pair discusses Daniel's journey into TTRPGs and his process of introducing them into his practice, and eventually designing his own ga ... Show More
54m 8s
Jan 2025
Family Estrangement, Spiritual Harm & the Ethics of AI in Therapy with Matthias Barker (255)
Ann and Sue, alongside psychotherapist Matthias Barker, unpack the complexities of parent-child estrangement and the often-overlooked generational gaps that shape how families navigate conflict. Matthias discusses the deep wounds that spiritual harm can leave behind, and also exp ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2021
Status, Self-Obsession, Mental Health & What's Really Controlling How We Act - Will Storr
<p><br></p><p>Are you a special person? How self-obsessed are we, as a society? How and why do we compare ourselves to others? What makes us group-ish? Violent? Or community minded? How about narcissistic? And is that getting worse?</p><br><p>This week's guest is the British auth ... Show More
41m 48s