Are we all weak little babies who hide behind new age gibberish to avoid confrontation? Or is emotional intelligence our last line of defense in a soul-crushing, post-modern hellworld? Licensed therapist and mental health influencer Jeff Guenther & writer Rebecca Fishbein are here to answer those questions and maybe also talk us down off a ledge

Jeff Guenther, a.k.a. "Therapy Jeff," holds master's degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in child and family development from San Diego State University. His TikTok account featuring videos on mental health awareness has nearly 3 million followers. And he is the host of the Big Dating Energy and Problem Solved podcasts. Pre-prder his book Big Dating Energy here!

Rebecca Fishbein is the author of Good Things Happen to People You Hate and a freelance writer in Brooklyn. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Jezebel, the Cut, Curbed and Hell Gate, to name a few, and was previously a staffer at Gothamist. She has very strong opinions about bagels.

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/03/ftc-says-online-counseling-service-betterhelp-pushed-people-handing-over-health-information-broke

https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/mental-health-statistics/

https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/04/depression-costs-global-economy-1-trillion-dollars-per-year-us-surgeon-general/

https://paw.princeton.edu/node/173501

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/22/archives/freuds-disaster-with-cocaine.html

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-behavioral-health-care-affordability-problem/

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

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