Pt 2: What is Your Therapist Really Thinking? | Anxiety Josh

About this episode

Joshua Fletcher discusses the complexities of being a therapist while managing mental illness and the importance of human connection in therapy.

In part two, Joshua Fletcher explores whether you can still be a good therapist and struggle with mental illness, how to strike a healthy balance between self-improvement and self-obsession and why it’s better to be a “wounded healer” than a perfect one… Plus, Josh and Dr Alex George discuss why human connection is vital to impactful therapy, and whether it’s okay to accept that you’ve not “fixed” yourself yet. Follow @anxietyjosh and check out his new book Same Time Next Week?: Living with Anxiety in the Modern World . (By using our affiliate bookshop you’ll help fund Stompcast by earning a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org ’s fees help support independent bookshops too!) Order Alex’s latest book Am I Normal? - out now! Order Happy Habits - out now!  Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now Download Mettle : the mental fitness app for men Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Alex George

Guest: Joshua Fletcher

Topics covered

• therapy
• mental health
• self-improvement
• human connection
• anxiety
• wounded healer

Keywords

• therapy
• mental illness
• self-improvement
• anxiety
• wounded healer
• human connection
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bookshop.org, Mettle

Products: Same Time Next Week?: Living with Anxiety in the Modern World, Am I Normal?, Happy Habits

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