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Therapy Nation: When the Cure Becomes the Culture
35 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2026 at 8:00 am.
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Therapy is everywhere — in our language, our social media feeds, and increasingly, our daily routines. But is all that self-examination actually making us better? In Therapy Nation, therapist and author Jonathan Alpert argues that America's therapy obsession has left us more anxious and divided than ever. And in And How Does That Make You Feel?, therapist Joshua Fletcher pulls back the curtain on what really happens in the therapy room — the good, the awkward, and everything in between. Two honest, provocative takes on the talking cure.
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