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Abigail Shrier is an American journalist and author known for her investigative works on social and psychological issues. She previously wrote 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'.
Known for: Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up
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Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up
In 'Bad Therapy', investigative journalist Abigail Shrier examines how the modern mental health industry, particularly therapy for children and adolescents, may be exacerbating rather than alleviating emotional distress. Drawing on interviews with clinicians, parents, and young people, Shrier argues that overdiagnosis, excessive therapeutic intervention, and the cultural obsession with emotional safety have contributed to a generation struggling with resilience and maturity.
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To understand where we are, I had to look back to where it all began. The rise of child and adolescent therapy did not occur overnight. In the latter half of the twentieth century, especially following Freud’s influence and the humanistic wave of the 1960s and 1970s, psychology began to position emo...
From Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up
The Therapeutic Explosion
In my conversations with school counselors and pediatricians, a striking pattern emerged: therapy had become ubiquitous, even fashionable. Where once a child might see a psychologist for acute distress, now therapy is treated like piano lessons — an enrichment activity presumed to be beneficial by d...
From Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up
About Abigail Shrier
Abigail Shrier is an American journalist and author known for her investigative works on social and psychological issues. She previously wrote 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'. Shrier’s writing often explores the unintended consequences of modern cultural and thera...
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Abigail Shrier is an American journalist and author known for her investigative works on social and psychological issues. She previously wrote 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'. Shrier’s writing often explores the unintended consequences of modern cultural and thera...
Abigail Shrier is an American journalist and author known for her investigative works on social and psychological issues. She previously wrote 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'. Shrier’s writing often explores the unintended consequences of modern cultural and therapeutic trends.
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Abigail Shrier is an American journalist and author known for her investigative works on social and psychological issues. She previously wrote 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'.
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