A Feminist Therapist.

Feminism wants to know which voices in a discussion are privileged, which are silenced, and who benefits from the status quo. In A Feminist Therapist., we apply this analysis in order to investigate the lived experience of common mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and PTSD.

E09 - The Kids Aren't All Right, Part II

In Episode 9 of AFT., we conclude our investigation of the politics of child abuse. Content warning: child maltreatment.

10-16
35:36

E08 - The Kids Aren't All Right, Part I

Episode 8 of A Feminist Therapist interrogates the politics of child abuse in the twilight of individualism. Content warning: child maltreatment.

10-16
35:49

E07 - America's Most Cancelled, Part 2

In Episode 07 of A Feminist Therapist., we conclude our discussion of sex crime policy, cancel culture, and the epidemiology of pedophilia. Trigger warning: this installment discusses child abuse and sexual violence.

12-28
46:13

E06 - America's Most Cancelled, Part i

In Episode 6 of A Feminist Therapist., we use the case of Jeffrey Epstein to investigate sex crime policy in America, cancel culture, and the epidemiology of pedophilia. Trigger warning: this installment discusses child abuse and sexual violence. Part one of two.

09-12
33:59

E05 - The Ecology of Addiction

In Episode 05 of A Feminist Therapist., we use a bio-psycho-spiritual-socio-political framework to interrogate America's addiction crisis.

10-12
47:14

E04 - A Very Special Episode of "Hoarders"

In Episode 4 of A Feminist Therapist., we ask the crucial question: are billionaires mentally ill?

07-27
31:57

E03 - They Like It When You're Depressed, Part ii

In E03, we conclude our discussion of depression by unpacking the three main societal beneficiaries of a biomedical construction of MDD: psychiatrists, the pharmaceutical industry, and society's ruling class.

07-03
22:29

E02 - They Like It When You're Depressed, Part i

1 of 2. Why is it bad when we say that depression is a biomedical illness? In E02, we examine how and why Major Depressive Disorder is socially constructed as a biomedical illness, rather than a reasonable, rational response to a toxic social culture.

07-03
24:51

E01 - What a Load of Allostasis

This is the first episode of A Feminist Therapist., a podcast at the intersection of politics and mental health. In this episode, we use the concept of allostatic load to answer the question: Why are women twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression?

07-03
24:33

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