Unapologetically Angry with psychotherapist Jennifer Cox

About this episode

The episode features psychotherapist Jennifer Cox discussing the importance of recognizing and addressing women's anger and its implications on mental health.

This week on WKC Spill The Tea, we’re joined by psychotherapist, feminist thinker and author  Jennifer Cox  to discuss Anger and her ground-breaking book,  Women Are Angry , named The Times Self-Help Book of the Year 2024. For generations, women have been conditioned to stay quiet, be agreeable and not make a fuss. But suppressed anger doesn’t disappear it manifests as burnout, anxiety, depression and physical symptoms. Jennifer draws on decades of clinical experience to explore how rage is often a rational response to inequality, injustice and the emotional labour placed on women. In this episode, we explore: • The moment Jennifer knew this book had to be written • The patterns she repeatedly saw in the therapy room • Why rage rooms are booming and why 90% of customers are women • How to tell the difference between depression, burnout and anger • The “small” daily frustrations that accumulate into something much bigger • How suppressed anger shows up in women’s bodies and mental health We also discuss what’s making us personally angry right now including the corruption of water companies in England after watching Channel…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jinty Sheerin, Lou Hockings-Thompson

Guest: Jennifer Cox

Topics covered

• anger
• women's mental health
• feminism
• emotional labor
• inequality
• self-help

Keywords

• anger
• burnout
• depression
• women's health
• feminism
• emotional labor
• self-help
• inequality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Times

Books & works: Women Are Angry

Places: South West

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