This week, in honor of St. Valentine’s Day, Bad Therapist makes a special guest appearance on a favorite podcast, You’re Wrong About, to get to the bottom of Emotional Labor— a sociological and labor-related construct that has snuck its way into impersonal realms and colloquialisms. And in doing so, we solve the entire country’s relationship problems— you’re welcome. Hosted by Sarah Marshall. Produced by Carolyn Kendrick    RESOURCES: <ul> <li>Hochschild, Arlie Russell. The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. University of California Press, 1983.  </li> <li> Hackman, Jess. "Where’s My Cut? On Unpaid Emotional Labor." The Toast, July 13, 2015. </li> <li>[MetaFilter Discussion: "Where’s My Cut? On Unpaid Emotional Labor"](<a href= "https://www.metafilter.com/151267/Wheres-My-Cut-On-Unpaid-Emotional-Labor)">https://www.metafilter.com/151267/Wheres-My-Cut-On-Unpaid-Emotional-Labor)</a>. </li> <li>Hackman, Rose. Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power. Flatiron Books, 2023.  </li> </ul>

Hysteria: Part 1

At a moment when therapy speak has made it into the mainstream and trauma is a national preoccupation, it's high time to examine the shadow side of mental health.

Bad Therapist Podcast takes an amused, informed look at the bad actors mucking around in the world of psychology. Cads, opportunists, and charlatans  have been a part of this field since the beginning; some of them have even made lasting contributions to the field. Co-hosted by psychotherapist Ash Compton and journalist Rachel Monroe, both big fans of therapy and big critics of those who abuse its insights, Bad Therapist delves into two centuries of sketchy behavior, spanning everything from questionable nineteenth-century hypnotists to the TikTok-famous therapy hustlers.