Trauma Therapy: Boundaries, Not Authority
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of trauma therapy and the controversial advice given by some therapists regarding family relationships.
Send us Fan Mail A therapist tells a 42-year-old woman to cut off her mother in the second session and she does it. That story hit the Wall Street Journal, lit up the internet, and quickly turned into a bigger accusation: trauma therapists are “detachment brokers” who use their authority to dissolve guilt and obligation and, in the worst case, break families apart. We don’t dodge the heat. We name what’s real (yes, family estrangement is more visible, and yes, bad therapy exists) and then ge...
People in this episode
Hosts: Evan Queitsch, Melissa Queitsch
Topics covered
- trauma therapy
- family estrangement
- boundaries
- mental health
- authority in therapy
Keywords
- trauma therapy
- family estrangement
- boundaries
- mental health
- authority
- guilt
- obligation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wall Street Journal
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