About this episode

Charlotte Hastings discusses how cooking can serve as a form of therapy, offering a unique approach to mental health.

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Stop Trying to “Fix” Your ADHD. You’re Not Broken: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/sign-up _____ You have heard of art therapy and talk therapy. Charlotte Hastings does therapy in the kitchen, and it opens people up in a way the usual chair never quite does. Charlotte Hastings is a psychodynamic therapist, founder of Kitchen Therapy, and author of Kitchen Therapy: How to Become a Conscious Cook. Trained first as an anthropologist, she taught drama...

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Otsuka

Guest: Charlotte Hastings

Topics covered

• cooking therapy
• ADHD strategies
• psychodynamic therapy
• kitchen therapy
• conscious cooking

Keywords

• ADHD
• cooking therapy
• psychodynamic therapy
• Kitchen Therapy
• conscious cooking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kitchen Therapy

Books & works: Kitchen Therapy: How to Become a Conscious Cook

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