Your Therapist Needs Therapy

The internet has questions about holidays and boundaries, and I have …thoughts! Individual usage on these answers may vary! Jeremy answers questions this week about how to navigate the holidays, how to be better about boundaries, and why family gatherings are always a topic of conversation in therapy.

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Jeremy sits himself on the couch to reflect on what he did this year for his own mental wellness. 

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Jeremy is joined this week by B, owner of Tres Ojos and co-founder of What the Hex. They discuss the rise of modern witchcraft, emphasizing B’s “no-bullshit” spirituality grounded in ethically sourced, non-hierarchical practices. They explore how people leaving organized religion seek ritual and community, and how commercialized spirituality and wellness cultures can replicate the same harms as organized religion when left unchecke...

This week Jeremy follows up on last week’s holiday themed episode with the concept of moral injury and how the holidays often force us into rituals, traditions, and family dynamics that violate our core values. We unpack the psychological and somatic cost of participating in celebrations rooted in colonialism, religious harm, or identity erasure, and why “forced cheer” can feel like a betrayal of self. Finally, we explore practical...

In this episode, Jeremy and Emily dig into the realities of setting and enforcing holiday boundaries, especially when family dynamics, guilt, and old patterns collide. They explore why boundaries are for the self and not other people, and discuss how unclear limits, people-pleasing, and differing needs make the holidays a pressure cooker for emotional and moral conflict. Together, they offer practical strategies like escape hatches...

In this episode, Jeremy gets to chat with all around awesome human and book influencer Cree Myles about her journey into book advocacy. They explore how literature, hip-hop, and good mentors in higher education shaped Cree’s worldview. They talk about how great Ursala K Le Guin is, how content creation under capitalism feels gross sometimes, and how hard it can be to find time to read as a parent. The conversation also covers the i...

This week Jeremy talks with Hatie Parmeter, soon-to-be licensed therapist and current communications director for the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, about her journey from fashion journalism and outdoor guiding to finally landing in mental health. They explore the mental wellness needs of guides and first responders, the idea that connection is the correction, and the overlap of climate anxiety, systemic issues, and ...

Jeremy talks about his least favorite topic this week, the Supreme Court. The christofascists on the court are going to overturn a Colorado ban on conversion therapy in Chiles v Salazar. I’m not a political prognosticator, but they are, because it’s part of Project 2025. And Jeremy breaks down why the court will do this for much larger purposes than just to harm LGBTQ+ kids. F*ck the court. F*ck bigots. F*ck fascism. No good therap...

Jeremy is joined this week by returning guest Michelle Moseley, a therapist specializing in religious trauma, to explore the intersection of neurodivergence and high-control religious environments. They discuss how undiagnosed neurodivergent traits often align with the rigid structures and black-and-white thinking rewarded by churches, while also masking deeper struggles and reinforcing spiritual bypassing. The conversation highlig...

Jeremy is joined this week by Dr Rae Anne Ho Fung, a veteran, former teacher, and psychologist who founded The Balanced Collective. They discuss her healing journey from childhood adversity and military service to navigating systemic failures in education, healthcare, and the military-industrial complex, and how those experiences shaped her trauma-informed approach to therapy. Their conversation touches on moral injury in healing s...

In this solo episode of Your Therapist Needs Therapy, Jeremy Schumacher critiques the ethics of wealth and fandom through the lens of Taylor Swift’s celebrity empire, arguing that she—like Jeff Bezos and other billionaires—profits from systemic exploitation and capitalist excess. He unpacks the contradictions of therapists and progressive individuals celebrating Swift while simultaneously claiming to decolonize mental health or opp...

Because, obviously, right? JFC, what is even happening. 

But f’real, in this episode, Jeremy dismantles the Trump administration’s claim that Tylenol causes autism, explaining how the argument relies on bad science, a misuse of correlation, and misogynistic political agendas. He highlights how the ban is another act of political violence against women, restricting safe and necessary medication during pregnancy while feeding into the...

This week Jeremy talks with Alycea, aka the Transvangelical, about deconstruction, biblical translation, and the ways Christianity has been weaponized against marginalized people. They unpack how purity culture, evangelical teachings, and figures like James Dobson shaped harmful beliefs about sex, gender, and power, while Alycea highlights how context and translation reveal very different, often liberating, readings of scripture. T...

Jeremy uses the shooting of Charlie Kirk to examine the hypocrisy in how political violence is defined and discussed in America. He argues that hateful rhetoric, propaganda, and systemic oppression are themselves forms of violence, and that mourning propagandists like Kirk ignores the ongoing harm they inflicted on marginalized communities. The episode pushes back against calls for “civility” in the face of fascism, insisting that ...

This week Jeremy sits down with returning guest Kelsey Philippi to dive into the tangled relationship between guilt, shame, and dissociation, exploring how these experiences show up in therapy and everyday life. They discuss the systemic and cultural roots of shame, especially for neurodivergent and queer clients, and how authenticity and safety often exist in tension. The conversation closes with reflections on healing, rupture an...

This week Jeremy talks with Margaret Bronson, founder of Deconstruction Doulas, about her journey out of Doug Wilson’s high-control religious group and how she now supports survivors of similar environments. Margaret shares how online communities, secure attachment, and body awareness helped her leave and heal, while highlighting the systemic abuse, lack of accountability, and patriarchal control within these groups. Together, they...

This week Jeremy celebrates the death of awful human, James Dobson. James Dobson built Focus on the Family into one of the most powerful engines of evangelical control, peddling authoritarian parenting, rigid gender roles, and relentless attacks on queer people. His so-called “biblical counseling” left generations with shame, fear, and deep religious trauma that still echoes today. F*ck him and f*ck his work, around here we celebra...

Jeremy is joined this week by certified sex educator Veronica Dress. Veronica shares her journey from growing up with Catholic sex misinformation to becoming a queer, trauma-informed sex educator and intimacy coach. She and Jeremy discuss the political and cultural barriers to comprehensive sexuality education, the role of creativity and play in intimacy work, and the importance of permission-giving in dismantling shame from purity...

Jeremy is joined this week by Australian therapist Jane Kennedy, who shares her journey from church ministry and humanitarian work into private practice specializing in religious trauma, exploring how burnout, deconstruction, and the “white savior” mindset shaped her career shift. She and Jeremy discuss the cultural differences and surprising similarities in religious harm between Australia, New Zealand, and North America, as well ...