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My guest today is Abigail Schreier, author of the best-selling new book, Bad Therapy, Why the Kids

Aren't Growing Up.

She argues that the mental health of Gen Z,

that's people born between 1997 and 2012, is a mess because of an infantilizing therapeutic

culture that pervades every aspect of their lives. Shreier stresses to me that she's not

against psychological counseling and help per se,

but she thinks too many unqualified and misguided people are causing far more problems than they

solve. Her previous book was the controversial, irreversible damage, which looked at the rapid

rise of girls identifying as transgender.

Today, we talk about the roots of therapeutic culture, the extent of the problems it causes,

and how parents, teachers, and young people themselves might find a better way forward.

Here is the Reason interview with Abigail Shrier.

Abigail Shrier, thanks for talking to Reason.

Oh, it's great to talk to you, Nick. Thank you.

Okay.

Well, the new book is bad therapy, why the kids aren't growing up.

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