Episodios

  • 30-Day Digital Detox & The Roles of Social Change
    Dec 18 2025

    This Isn't Therapy... it's an essential guide for detoxing from our digital devices and a discussion about the roles of social change.

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    Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0gvAhpRsaI8lDip7B1Jpi9?si=HIWUpJYbRiuxpuMABa4I_A
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    Original music composed by Kat Burns and performed by KASHKA.

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    57 m
  • Wayward & "The Performative Male"
    Dec 11 2025

    This Isn't Therapy... it's a discussion about this Fall's most popular Netflix show, Wayward, and therapeutic treatment programs. Then we discuss the controversial identity of "the performative male" and what that means for modern masculinity.

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    Original music composed by Kat Burns and performed by KASHKA.

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    54 m
  • Labubus & FOMO-JOMO
    Dec 4 2025

    This Isn't Therapy... it's a convo about fans and fandoms, trends and crazes, and the recent fanaticism about Labubus. Next up, we'll cover JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out and how that differs from FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out.

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    Listen to This Isn’t Therapy:
    Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0gvAhpRsaI8lDip7B1Jpi9?si=HIWUpJYbRiuxpuMABa4I_A
    ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/this-isnt-therapy/id1528399646

    Original music composed by Kat Burns and performed by KASHKA.

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    46 m
  • Touch Deprivation & Wicked: For Good
    Nov 27 2025

    This Isn't Therapy... it's a long-awaited discussion of Wicked: For Good! But first, we discuss the emerging phenomenon of touch deprivation and how skin hunger keeps us locked into cycles of disconnection.

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    Listen to This Isn’t Therapy:
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    ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/this-isnt-therapy/id1528399646

    Original music composed by Kat Burns and performed by KASHKA.

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    51 m
  • K-Pop Demon Hunters & Mushroom Mommies
    Nov 20 2025

    We're back!! This Isn't Therapy...this is a fun, flirty, fab convo about K-Pop Demon Hunters and Mushroom Mommies. Both have more therapy themes than you think…

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    ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/this-isnt-therapy/id1528399646

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    51 m
  • ENCORE: Giving feedback to your therapist
    Nov 6 2025

    This Isn't Therapy...this is an episode about some hard truths learned in therapy. Ever wonder how to give your therapist some feedback?! Or even how would my therapist react if I gave them some feedback?! Through a story posted by an anonymous reddit user, Jake and Simon examine a therapists' struggle after they received some challenging feedback from a client. Then, through some lovely listener submissions, we flip the script and explore some hard truths some folks have taken away from their therapists. Grab a bib coz baby this episode is juicy!!!!!

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    Contact: thisisnttherapypodcast@gmail.com

    Creators & Guests

    • Simon Paluck - Host
    • Jake Ernst - Host

    Hello, hi! Follow us on Instagram: @notatherapypodcast⁣
    Jake Ernst: @mswjake
    Simon Paluck: @directedbysimon
    Episode mixed by Jordan Paluck
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    43 m
  • ENCORE: The pursuit of endless bliss
    Oct 30 2025

    This Isn't Therapy... it's an *encore* episode about the pursuit of endless bliss. Many people arrive to therapy with a "fantasy goal" thinking they want to be calm, happy, and relaxed all the time. Through two #lovelylistener stories, Jake and Simon talk about how to find a realistic sense of joy, happiness, purpose, and pleasure and what we can (or should) expect from life. This episode is for those wondering why the pursuit of endless bliss doesn’t produce the feelings (and lasting results) they promise.

    Read more: The Pursuit of Endless Bliss by Jake Ernst.

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    Contact: thisisnttherapypodcast@gmail.com

    Creators & Guests

    • Simon Paluck - Host
    • Jake Ernst - Host

    Hello, hi! Follow us on Instagram: @notatherapypodcast⁣
    Jake Ernst: @mswjake
    Simon Paluck: @directedbysimon
    Episode mixed by Jordan Paluck
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    44 m
  • ENCORE: Is therapy harming kids?
    Oct 23 2025

    This Isn't Therapy...this is an *encore* critical look at the argument that children need less therapy, not more, and how this "mental heath culture" is stripping parents of autonomy, ultimately causing more harm than good. In this episode, Jake and Simon dive into a review (written by Anna Nordberg for Slate) for a book by a right-leaning conspiracy theorist titled Bad Therapy. "In Bad Therapy, Shrier [the book's author] ladles heavy helpings of anecdote over some scientific research to argue that therapists, school counselors, and the language of therapy that has influenced parenting in the past decade or so are, in her view, harming kids." So, what really is harming the kids? Is it therapy or maybe, just maybe, it's something else...

    Source: Who’s Making The Kids Cry by Anna Nordberg for Slate

    P.S. Don't forget: Submit a quandary, query, or question with our newest segment Asking For A Friend...

    Contact: thisisnttherapypodcast@gmail.com

    Creators & Guests

    • Simon Paluck - Host
    • Jake Ernst - Host

    Hello, hi! Follow us on Instagram: @notatherapypodcast⁣
    Jake Ernst: @mswjake
    Simon Paluck: @directedbysimon
    Episode mixed by Jordan Paluck
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    48 m