This Isn’t Therapy
By Jake Ernst & Simon Paluck
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This Isn’t Therapy... it's a podcast about it!
Therapy themes are everywhere you look— they’re in your relationships, in the culture, and yes, inside of you, Mary! Each week, Jake Ernst and Simon Paluck peel back the therapy curtain to discuss the very things people are talking to their therapists about. No topic is off limits!
New episodes drop every Thursday.
The hosts:
Jake: https://www.instagram.com/mswjake
Simon: https://www.instagram.com/directedbysimon
The pod: https://www.instagram.com/thisisnttherapypod
| Episode | Date |
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Company Retreat & Texting Your Ex
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May 21, 2026 |
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Sycophantic AI & Why We Love Documentaries
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May 14, 2026 |
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Compilation: Family Dynamics
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May 07, 2026 |
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"What Should I Do?" & Cognitive Bias
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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✨ Astrology ✨ & Coaching vs. Therapy
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Digital Isolation & Main Character Energy
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The Business of Calm & How to Make a Major Life Decision
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Hilary Duff & Sports Betting
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Sexistential (Robyn) & Trad Wives
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Gift-Giving Pressure & Goodness Anxiety
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Oversharing Online + Gen Z Going Sober
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Irrational Anger + Productivity Guilt
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Being High Maintenance & Being Low Maintenance
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Survivor & Hot Girl Walks
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Chore of Self-Care & The Mindset Quiz
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Finding Love & Sexy AI Companions
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Default Mode Network & Feeling “Muted”
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Extinction of Experience & Friendship Breakups
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Decision Fatigue & Being Attracted To Your Therapist
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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The Drama Triangle & Bedrotting
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Setting Good Goals & Disaster Capitalism
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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🦌🎁 Rizzdolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 🎁🦌
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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30-Day Digital Detox & The Roles of Social Change
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Wayward & "The Performative Male"
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Labubus & FOMO-JOMO
|
Dec 04, 2025 |
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Touch Deprivation & Wicked: For Good
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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K-Pop Demon Hunters & Mushroom Mommies
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Giving feedback to your therapist
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The pursuit of endless bliss
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Is therapy harming kids?
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The pressure to be happy
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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ENCORE: How social media is re-wiring our brain
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Doom-slang is making us numb
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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ENCORE: We talk to an AI therapist!
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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ENCORE: What to do when therapy isn't working
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The two most essential skills for relationships
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The invisible toll of parentification
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Parasocial Relationships
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Empathy Wars
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Opinion Wars
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Attention Wars
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Feeling Hopeless
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Can AI replace human relationships?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Learning to be alone
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Is it possible to be "too emotional"?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Mind-Body Connection
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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So what are emotions, anyway?
|
May 29, 2025 |
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How to become your true self
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May 23, 2025 |
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Validate me, please!
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May 15, 2025 |
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The problem with positivity: Unpacking the pressure to be happy
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May 08, 2025 |
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Peak Parasocial: The social relationships that aren't
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May 01, 2025 |
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Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The two most essential skills for relationships
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Have we lost the plot in our attempts to de-stigmatize mental health?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The Empathy Wars: Declining connection in a divided world
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The Opinion Wars: Can we really "agree to disagree"?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The Attention Wars: How the attention economy is reshaping the world… and us
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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How to be alone without feeling lonely
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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What to do when therapy isn't working
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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External validation and the quest for self-worth
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Where did all these narcissists come from?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Inside the mind of a Chameleon Kid
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Nanoships, microconnections, and bite-sized bonds
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Regret It or Forget It: When to regret and when to release
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Can AI replace real relationships?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Too much, too young: The toll of parentification
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Four questions to help you become self-led
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Why does finding hope feel so hopeless?
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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ENCORE: How the Grinch Stole Therapy
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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ENCORE: ✨'Twas the Night Before Therapy ✨
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Being chronically online
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Transference and Countertransference
|
Dec 05, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Learning to adapt
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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ENCORE: "Thinking isn't doing"
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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ENCORE: People Pleasing
|
Nov 14, 2024 |
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ENCORE: What are my needs? (Part 2)
|
Nov 07, 2024 |
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ENCORE: What are my needs? (Part 1)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Lying to your therapist
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Adulting is hard
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Emotional Immaturity
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Is doomslang making us all numb?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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ENCORE: The eerie hype of self-improvement influencers
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Making New Friends
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Help! My therapist broke up with me...
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Dating apps, hook up culture, and situationships
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Hot takes and the pressure to be an expert
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Is it my personality or my mental health?
|
Aug 21, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Best Friends Forever? It's a myth.
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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ENCORE: When therapy sessions become devastating TV
|
Aug 09, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Is therapy harming kids?
|
Aug 01, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Phubbing 🤳✋
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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ENCORE: The pursuit of endless bliss ✨👀
|
Jul 18, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Parenting your partner
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Giving Feedback To Your Therapist
|
Jul 04, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Mattering
|
Jun 27, 2024 |
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ENCORE: AI Therapist vs. Human Therapist
|
Jun 20, 2024 |
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ENCORE: Loneliness vs. Being Alone
|
Jun 13, 2024 |
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ENCORE: The Rise In Therapy Language
|
Jun 06, 2024 |
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Navigating Change
|
May 30, 2024 |
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Is doomslang making us all numb?
|
May 23, 2024 |
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The Control Paradox
|
May 16, 2024 |
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Exploring our inner world
|
May 09, 2024 |
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The eerie hype of self-improvement influencers
|
May 02, 2024 |
|
6 Types of Play Everyone Needs
|
Apr 25, 2024 |
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Does anyone feel like an actual adult?
|
Apr 18, 2024 |
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Loneliness vs Being Alone
|
Apr 11, 2024 |
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Mimetic Rivalries
|
Apr 04, 2024 |
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Vocalizing your needs
|
Mar 28, 2024 |
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Is therapy harming kids?
|
Mar 21, 2024 |
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Why we want what other people want
|
Mar 14, 2024 |
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Giving feedback to your therapist 👀
|
Mar 13, 2024 |
|
How social media re-wired us all
|
Feb 29, 2024 |
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Stop Opening Up About Your Mental Health Online
|
Feb 22, 2024 |
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Scrutiny, shame, and Taylor Swift criticism
|
Feb 15, 2024 |
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Brené Brown answers Jake's question
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
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Being chronically online
|
Feb 08, 2024 |
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Can we really fake it ‘til we make it?
|
Feb 01, 2024 |
|
The pursuit of endless bliss 🙃✌️
|
Jan 25, 2024 |
|
We talk to an AI therapist
|
Jan 18, 2024 |
|
Failed Expectations
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
|
Asking For A Friend
|
Jan 04, 2024 |
|
Emotional immaturity 🥺
|
Dec 28, 2023 |
|
How The Grinch Stole Therapy
|
Dec 21, 2023 |
|
Adulting is hard
|
Dec 14, 2023 |
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Bonus: We made a Best Indie Podcast list!!
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
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Am I too emotional?
|
Dec 07, 2023 |
|
Lying to your therapist
|
Nov 30, 2023 |
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Can therapy fix everything?
|
Nov 23, 2023 |
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Surprise Solo Sesh with Simon 🥵
|
Nov 16, 2023 |
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Debunking the BFF Myth
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Mattering
|
Nov 02, 2023 |
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Making new friends
|
Oct 26, 2023 |
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EPISODE 100 🌟😭
|
Oct 19, 2023 |
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Toxic achievement culture
|
Oct 12, 2023 |
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Is it my personality or is it mental health?
|
Oct 05, 2023 |
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Leaving your comfort zone
|
Sep 28, 2023 |
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Taking social risks
|
Sep 21, 2023 |
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Have we lost our sense of play?
|
Sep 14, 2023 |
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Bullying with boundaries
|
Aug 31, 2023 |
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Parenting your partner
|
Aug 24, 2023 |
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Phubbing 🤳🏼
|
Aug 17, 2023 |
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FOMO
|
Aug 10, 2023 |
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Help! My therapist broke up with me...
|
Aug 03, 2023 |
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A couple living in denial
|
Jul 27, 2023 |
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Hot takes, problem spotting, and faking expertise
|
Jul 20, 2023 |
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People Pleasing
|
Jul 13, 2023 |
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Worrying about the future
|
Jul 06, 2023 |
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Finding hope in hopeless times
|
Jun 29, 2023 |
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Building community
|
Jun 22, 2023 |
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🎶 I’m coming out! 🎶
|
Jun 15, 2023 |
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Adapting to difference
|
Jun 08, 2023 |
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How to be yourself
|
Jun 01, 2023 |
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Is the fly-on-the-wall therapy genre unhealthy voyeurism?
|
May 25, 2023 |
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The Matrix of Grief
|
May 18, 2023 |
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Coping with humor 🤡
|
May 11, 2023 |
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Feeling content with life
|
May 04, 2023 |
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"Doing isn't being."
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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“Thinking isn’t doing.”
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Taking The Mental Health of Boys Seriously
|
Apr 13, 2023 |
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Therapy taught me...
|
Apr 06, 2023 |
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The rise in therapy language
|
Mar 30, 2023 |
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Self-Diagnosis: Is it valid?
|
Mar 23, 2023 |
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How loneliness reshapes the brain
|
Mar 16, 2023 |
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The Future of Therapy (AI, VR, & Web 3.0)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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What are my needs? (Part 2)
|
Mar 02, 2023 |
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What are my needs? (Part 1)
|
Feb 23, 2023 |
|
Dating apps, hook up culture and situationships
|
Feb 16, 2023 |
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Am I falling behind?
|
Feb 09, 2023 |
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Rugged Individualism (via Shrek)
|
Feb 02, 2023 |
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Pity, pity, pity
|
Jan 26, 2023 |
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Perfectionism vs. Healthy Striving
|
Jan 19, 2023 |
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Picking Your “Word of the Year”
|
Jan 12, 2023 |
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The 2022 Roundup (Part 2)
|
Dec 29, 2022 |
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✨'Twas the Night Before Therapy ✨
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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The 2022 Roundup (Part 1)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Transference vs. Countertransference
|
Dec 15, 2022 |
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Meeting the Moment
|
Dec 08, 2022 |
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Popularity (via Mean Girls) 💋
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Am I addicted to social media?
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Therapy 🚩 Red Flags 🚩
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Anger
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Does going to therapy make you a good person?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Deflecting with humor 😜
|
Oct 27, 2022 |
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Getting to know our "parts"
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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How to build better boundaries
|
Oct 13, 2022 |
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Masculinity via the movie Bros
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Being sexy online
|
Sep 29, 2022 |
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Learning from mistakes
|
Sep 22, 2022 |
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Regrets
|
Sep 15, 2022 |
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Quiet quitting
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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SQUAWK & TALK: 2nd anni episode + an announcement!
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Working through grief
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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How to navigate change
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Busting even more therapy myths
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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"Forced Fun"
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Difference of opinions
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Friendship breakups
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Feeling good isn't permanent
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May 26, 2022 |
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Foreboding Joy
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May 12, 2022 |
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Big Box Therapy™
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Busting therapy myths
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Intergenerational Trauma ft. Encanto
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Loneliness
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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The five types of boundaries
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Building better habits
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Do resolutions work?
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Hearing hard feedback
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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The four warning signs in a relationship
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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An urgent pandemic check-in
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Breaking up with your therapist
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Routes of Safety
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Nature vs. Nurture via Disney's Cruella
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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"If it's not perfect, I'm not starting."
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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21 Questions - Part 2
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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21 Questions - Part 1
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Perfectionism
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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The "New" Normal
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May 20, 2021 |
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Pandemic burnout
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May 13, 2021 |
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Struggling to socialize
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May 06, 2021 |
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Masking for a friend
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Best friends forever?
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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The one about childhood friendships
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Can I be friends with my therapist?
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Impostor Syndrome
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Overthinking
|
Jan 21, 2021 |
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The 2020 Roundup
|
Dec 31, 2020 |
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Mindfulness
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Toxic positivity, baby
|
Dec 03, 2020 |
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"Instagram Therapy"
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The First Session
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Connection
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Rupture & Repair
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Finding a therapist
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Avoiding big feelings
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Vulnerability city
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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This Isn't Therapy: Trailer
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Aug 26, 2020 |