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TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Social media makes mental health information accessible. But it's not a perfect solution.

Guest: Lindsay Lee Wallace

Host: Mary C. Curtis


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1:07.9

I am Jeff Gunther. I'm a licensed professional counselor in Portland, Oregon. I've been a therapist

1:13.5

since 2005. Jeff Gunther is better known to millions on TikTok as at therapy Jeff.

1:19.2

South care can be problematic and this is why. He began posting on TikTok in September of 2021.

1:27.1

I like a lot of people who were sort of just scrolling through TikTok for the last couple of years,

1:32.8

bored, trying to pass the time during the pandemic.

1:37.6

During that time, he noticed many young people using TikTok and Instagram to share personal

1:42.8

stories dealing with mental health. It inspired him to post too and at therapy Jeff was bored.

1:49.6

I was like, you know what? I feel like I know how TikTok works. It was just sort of like,

1:54.5

I was a challenge to myself just being like, I wonder if I can make content that's useful

2:00.0

and that people would enjoy. He made a couple of posts, but they didn't capture a following.

2:04.9

But then the fourth piece of content I was like, I'm going to give the people what they want.

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