Completed reading "Irreversible Damage" by Abigail Shrier and now reading her latest one. Both have been good for my current context.

Completed reading "Irreversible Damage" by Abigail Shrier and now reading her latest one. Both have been good for my current context.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198332459-bad-therapy

Not a parent, but this is one of the best things I've listened to recently.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Zk4a6TjFOnkKQP904x7Kg

Thanks to @shawki for bringing them to my attention 🙏.

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Thanks to @shawki for bringing them to my attention 🙏.
https://warpcast.com/shawki/0x36cdc1eb

Update:
40% of the way into "Bad Therapy" and Abigail raises issues with "Body Keeps the Score". Been raising compelling issues with the popular "trauma, trauma, trauma..." pov for a while now.

gen-x

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The books are well researched, written, and timely
- effects of therapy can be more harmful than helpful, especially for kids and adolescents. Most shouldn't be put to therapy.
- therapeutic interventions are way too prevalent and going out of hand in generations after /gen-x

As a child/teen therapist this book is definitely on my list. My understanding is that if we over focus on pathologizing, therapy can reinforce those narratives (similar to what you see on social media).

However, therapy can also challenge negative thought patterns, help problem solve, build healthy relationships etc