Episode 177: Bad Therapy - Part One

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

If you haven't read Abigail Shrier's book, "Bad Therapy" you probably should take a look. Ms. Shrier's critique of an over-psychologized culture and the negative effects of poorly applied therapeutic methods is a timely warning for parents. Dr. Ken doesn't agree with all her conclusions but, as you'll see, there's plenty of very important cautions for parents considering taking their kid to therapy. This is part one of a two part (rather long) discussion. Ms. Shrier's book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK524HQ7/ Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514762374/ Music provided by the great John David Kent - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:14.7	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:20.8	Hey, Dr. Ken. Hey, Jessica. I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.2	Hey, Jessica.
0:23.7	I'm looking forward to this episode.
0:25.9	It is going to be part one of two that we're going to be discussing the book,
0:30.6	Bad Therapy, Why Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Schreier.
0:36.2	The book that I really wanted to have Abigail on our show,
0:40.4	the email I had for her and never heard back from, and heard from listeners that wished we
0:47.4	would or wanted us to talk about it. So I don't think we ever had another book that people
0:51.7	wanted to hear from us about. Yes, this was interesting. and I'm glad I got kind of roped into reading it because I've learned a lot.
1:01.0	That was me encouraging you.
1:02.6	That was.
1:03.3	Well, I'm just an average parent.
1:05.3	Sometimes I read books like this, and sometimes I haven't read a book like this in years.
1:09.2	And I just thought this one was a good,
1:17.4	it was an interesting book. It made me think about what we do with our kids and therapy and how much time and effort we spend on this. Yeah. What did you think? Did you like it? Yes.
1:23.5	I mean, I never agree with 100% of what I read on anything. So I can't say that. But it challenged me in some good ways to think about just personally what I'm doing with my own kids and the things that I highlight and focus in on with them. And then help me to understand that there is a different perspective to a lot of this that I had been kind of naive to.
1:45.3	Yeah, well, and as you can guess, I had lots of thoughts about it.
1:49.5	Yes.
1:49.9	My middle child has a degree in social work and does parent training, and she's the most psychology of my kids.
1:59.5	And she and I have talked about it extensively.
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