At a moment when therapy speak has made it into the mainstream and trauma is a national preoccupation, it’s high time to examine the shadow side of mental healt...
Rachel and Ash discuss an idea that’s all the rage among coaches and influencer types in Austin and elsewhere: polarity. Spoiler alert: it’s essentially a New Age-y version of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, and its inventor has some of the worst ideas we’ve ever heard about how to respond to an angry woman (….tickle her????). Sources: The Madelyn Moon Show - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU8GwCzSVVno7KHfqNFdqrw What is the Divine Feminine? - https://maddymoon.com/blog/divine-feminine What is the Divine Masculine? - https://maddymoon.com/blog/divine-masculine-2 Divine Polarity in Relationships - https://maddymoon.com/blog/divine-polarity Madelyn Moon on polarity & the patriarchy - https://www.instagram.com/madelynmoon/p/CjQYV7rLr7O/ John Wineland - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnWineland Breath of Fire - HBO documentary on Guru Jagat - https://www.hbo.com/breath-of-fire Deida, David (1997). The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire - https://deida.info/the-way-of-the-superior-man/ Deida, David (2002). Dear Lover: A Woman’s Guide to Men, Sex, and Love’s Deepest Bliss - https://deida.info/dear-lover/ Jung, C. G. (1964). Man and His Symbols. Dell Publishing. Produced by Zoe Kurland. Music by Flock of Dimes.
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Rock & Roll Therapists
Ash and Rachel tackle two bad therapists (or one bad therapist and one flawed-but-relatable ex-therapist) who worked with the rich and famous: Eugene Landy, the man who trapped and swindled Brian Wilson, and Phil Towle, Metallica’s “performance enhancement coach.” Warning: lots of anti-Metallica slander in this ep! Sources: Berlinger, J., & Sinofsky, B. (Directors). (2004). *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster* [Film]. IFC Films. Hilburn, R. (1988, June 26). *Brian Wilson: Surfacing Again.* *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-26-tm-8498-story.html Oppenheimer, M. (2006, December 31). *Dr. Landy’s Cure for Brian Wilson.* *The New York Times Magazine*. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/magazine/31barrett_landy.t.html Piccalo, G. (2004, April 21). *The Complex Legacy of Brian Wilson and Dr. Eugene Landy.* *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-21-et-piccalo21-story.html Pohlad, B. (Director). (2014). *Love & Mercy* [Film]. Lionsgate.
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Culture Study: Bad Therapist
Rachel and Ash make a guest appearance on one of their favorite podcasts, Culture Study, to chat with Anne Helen Petersen about the rise of therapy speak, their least-favorite therapized buzz words, and why this kind of language has become so frustratingly prevalent. Hosted by Anne Helen Petersen. Produced by Melody Rowell.
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Conversion Therapy
This one’s a little different: First, Rachel talks to her uncle, John Monroe, who was subjected to conversion therapy in the 1970s. Then Rachel & Ash discuss a few of the harmful pseudoscientists who have tried (and failed) to use psychology to turn queer people straight over the years. SOURCES: -Arana, G. (2012.) My So-Called Ex-Gay Life. American Prospect. Retrieved from https://prospect.org/civil-rights/so-called-ex-gay-life/ -Roughgarden, J. (2004). Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People. University of California Press. -Waidzunas, T. (2015.) The Straight Line; How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality. University of Minnesota Press. -Yoshino, K. (2002). Covering. Yale Law Journal, 111(4), 769–939. Retrieved from https://www.yalelawjournal.org/article/covering Bad Therapist's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badtherapistpod Produced by Zoe Kurland. Music by Flock of Dimes.
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The Unexpected Origins of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Ash (INTP) & Rachel (ENFP) explore the very strange origin story of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator — a journey that ventures into erotic Carl Jung fanfiction, an intense mother-daughter dynamic, and the most upsetting hot chocolate recipe you’ll ever hear about. SOURCES: -Emre, M. (2018). The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing. Doubleday. -Briggs, K. C. (1947). The Personality Paintbox. Published privately. -Cook Briggs, K. E. (n.d.). The Man from Zurich. Unpublished manuscript. Katharine E. Cook Papers. -Hirsh, S. K., & Kummerow, J. M. (1998). Introduction to Myers-Briggs Type in Organizations (4th ed.). The Myers-Briggs Company. -Psychology In Seattle. (2021). The History of Myers-Briggs Personality Test. [YouTube video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN7Fmt1i5TI -Thompson, H., & Richmond, S. (1987). Jungian Type Indicator Manual. CAPT Publishing. Produced by Zoe Kurland. Music by Flock of Dimes. ᐧ
At a moment when therapy speak has made it into the mainstream and trauma is a national preoccupation, it’s high time to examine the shadow side of mental health.
Bad Therapist Podcast takes an amused, informed look at the bad actors mucking around in the world of psychology. Cads, opportunists, and charlatans have been a part of this field since the beginning; some of them have even made lasting contributions to the field. Co-hosted by psychotherapist Ash Compton and journalist Rachel Monroe, both big fans of therapy and big critics of those who abuse its insights, Bad Therapist delves into two centuries of sketchy behavior, spanning everything from questionable nineteenth-century hypnotists to the TikTok-famous therapy hustlers.
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