A Feminist Therapist.

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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.

A Feminist Therapist.


    • Oct 16, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 35:49


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 35:49


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

    E07 - America's Most Cancelled, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2019 46:39


    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.

    E06 - America's Most Cancelled, Part i

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 34:10


    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.

    E05 - The Ecology of Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 47:14


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

    E04 - A Very Special Episode of "Hoarders"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 31:57


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 22:29


    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.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 24:51


    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.

    E01 - What a Load of Allostasis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 25:57


    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?

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