New Documentary EXPOSES the Dark Side of Psychotherapy
Preacher Boys Podcast
Eric Skwarczynski
4.5 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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In this episode, I sit down with Amy Nordhues and Jennifer Kramer, the creators of the powerful new documentary #TherapyToo: Exposing the Dark Side of Therapy. This groundbreaking film pulls back the curtain on therapist abuse—one of the most hidden and misunderstood forms of exploitation—and exposes the systemic issues within the mental health industry that allow it to continue.
Together, Amy and Jennifer discuss the inspiration behind #TherapyToo, the urgent need for reform, and their mission to give voice to those harmed behind closed doors by those they trusted most.
🎬 ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY
#TherapyToo is dedicated to exposing the hidden dangers and abuses of power within psychotherapy. Through survivor testimony, expert interviews, and investigative storytelling, the film explores the contradictions, secrecy, and systemic failures that have allowed therapist abuse to remain largely invisible.
SUPPORT THE FILM
This project is being independently produced, and Amy and Jennifer are now raising funds to cover pre-production costs.
If you’d like to support this important cause, you can make a tax-deductible donation here:
👉 https://amynordhues.allyrafundraising.com/campaigns/13927-support-therapytoo-with-a-tax-deductible-donation
If you are a professor, researcher, attorney, or mental health professional with expertise in therapy ethics or abuse, please contact the team at:
📧 therapytoofilm@gmail.com
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
AMY NORDHUES
Amy Nordhues is a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual abuse as an adult at the hands of a mental health professional. She is an author, speaker, and advocate for those harmed by therapists and clergy.
Amy holds a B.A. in Psychology with minors in Sociology and Criminology. Her award-winning memoir, Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse (2021), details her journey from victim to advocate and has inspired thousands of survivors worldwide.
Her work focuses on raising awareness of therapist and clergy abuse, educating the public on its devastating effects, and helping survivors reclaim their voices.
Learn more: https://amynordhues.com
JENNIFER KRAMER
Jennifer Kramer is a filmmaker, writer, and composer, and the youngest daughter of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kramer (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Judgment at Nuremberg) and actress/producer Karen Sharpe.
A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University Acting Program and the New Actor’s Workshop in New York, Jennifer began her career as a stage and screen actress before stepping behind the camera to tell her own stories.
Her debut short film NAKUSA—the first in a six-part musical short series—was met with critical acclaim, winning numerous awards at film festivals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The series will soon be compiled into a feature-length project titled LIVING PIECES, produced through her family’s company KnK Productions, Inc.
Jennifer is also a classically trained pianist and self-taught composer, having performed in Los Angeles concert halls and dedicated original compositions to notable figures such as Jane Fonda, Deborah Kerr, Henry Jaglom, and Michele Lee.
Her life experiences and creative lineage have given her a distinctive visual and emotional storytelling style that brings humanity and power to the #TherapyToo project.
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| 0:00.0 | Ain't nobody safe |
| 0:07.0 | Ain't nobody safe in a Bible moment, oh, in a Bible home. |
| 0:30.9 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preachie Boys podcast. |
| 0:33.6 | Today on the show, I am joined once again by my friend Amy Nord Hughes. I had her on the show back in December of 2021. |
| 0:40.8 | She had just released her book, Prayed Upon, which tells her experience being groomed and abused by a therapist. |
| 0:48.2 | And ever since the episode dropped, she has continued doing incredible advocacy work, supporting survivors who have experienced abuse at the hands of |
| 0:54.9 | therapists, and just continues educating people over on her social platforms and on her website, |
| 1:01.0 | amy Nordhues.com. And she's joining me on the show today along with Jennifer Kramer. The two of them |
| 1:07.5 | are producing a documentary series about this called hashtag Therapy 2, which they hope will become a seven-part documentary series discussing some of the horrific abuses that have gone on within this industry. |
| 1:21.8 | And we have a really great conversation in today's episode. |
| 1:24.4 | We talk a little bit about how being abused in this type of setting affects |
| 1:28.6 | you when you are abused by a therapist. I mean, what are you supposed to do to heal? It's not something |
| 1:34.8 | where you want to immediately jump into a therapy setting again. We talk about how widespread this is. |
| 1:40.1 | I mean, Amy shares some really disturbing statistics about just how many cases like this there are every single year. |
| 1:47.8 | And then as we get closer to the end of the episode, we talk about this documentary series and what their goal is in releasing it, where they're at in the process right now, and how people can support this project. |
| 1:59.3 | If you're interested in doing that, you can head over to amy nordhuse.com. That's amy, N-O-R-D-H-H-U-E-S dot com. She has a link that talks to you all about the documentary series, and it has the incredible poster artwork, which you should definitely check out right now. This conversation was absolutely fantastic, and I know you're going |
| 2:18.6 | to get a lot out of it. I know I certainly did. And again, be sure to go support this documentary |
| 2:24.3 | series if possible. In fact, if you're listening to this right now on its release, just next |
| 2:30.1 | week on October 13th, they're going to be filming a sizzle reel for the documentary series. So if you want to go follow the social accounts, I'm sure there will be some behind the scenes and some more footage up there really soon. But that's enough for me for now. Let's go ahead and get in my conversation with Amy Nordhues and her co-producer, Jennifer Kramer. All right, everybody, welcome back to the show. Amy and Jennifer, thank you so much for |
| 2:52.7 | joining me. Thank you for having us. Yes, thank you so much. Yeah, I'm really excited to chat. |
| 2:57.2 | And Amy, I was looking and told you before I hit record, I think it's been like three years since you |
| 3:01.8 | were on the show. And I mean, I still vividly remember reading through your book, hearing your story for the first time. And, you know, I've read a lot of books that relate to, like, the psychology of these situations or the way these cases happen. But, you know, every time I talk about your book, I say it's one of the best, you know, anecdotal experiences |
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