Posts Categorized: socialization

“Therapist Talk” & Diagnostic Language

There’s been a lot of discussion in the last year or so about “therapist talk”, i.e. non-professionals (usually influencers on TikTok or IG) who have incorporated not only therapeutic/diagnostic terminology but who (sometimes annoyingly) use phrases like “holding space” and “trauma bonding” in their everyday language. I think clarity is king. By this I mean… Read more »

Media: Guardian Interview

I was grateful to be one of several people journalist Ioan Marc Jones spoke with, for his piercing and vulnerable first-person essay for the The Guardian, “I was one of those men who couldn’t stop talking. Here’s how I learned to shut up and listen.” Along with notables such as Cal Newport, Weirong Li and Kate… Read more »