Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2024-02-29
Books mentioned on 427. Bad Therapy, Weak Parenting, Broken Children | Abigail Shrier
Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with best-selling author Abigail Shrier.
Jordan Peterson recommended Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier, and discussed Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Irreversible Damage
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier is a 2020 non-fiction book that explores the social contagion aspect of gender dysphoria, focusing on the sudden, massive surge in teenage girls identifying as transgender.
Discussed“She was the first person I talked to in this new series of podcasts and she had just published her book Irreversible Damage, The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.”
Where to get it
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Bad Therapy
Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier is a nonfiction book that examines modern mental health practices and argues that excessive therapy and over-parenting are harming children and hindering their emotional growth.
Recommended“Anyways, Abigail has a new book coming out, Bad Therapy, Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up which is slated for release in early 2024 but which is available for purchase now.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged We Who Wrestle with God
“I'm going to use the tour to walk through some of the ideas I've been working on my forthcoming book out November 2024, We Who Wrestle With God.”
Plugged Bad Therapy
“So in in in researching Bad Therapy, I first of all, I started out with a totally different hypothesis. I knew that we were these kids were getting more mental health intervention than any generation prior, the rising generation.”
Plugged Bad Therapy
“So to take one example, you know, I interviewed a woman I've I've known for a long time who runs a major named Evelyn. I call her Evelyn in the book who who runs a major cellular biology lab at one of our nation's premier research institutions.”
Plugged Bad Therapy
“I got a actually an email from a woman who loved my last book and she was a child psychologist from a very trained and very well-trained and very good school. She's in her 60s and she really wanted to be of help with my new book, Bad Therapy.”
Plugged We Who Wrestle with God
“I've been writing this new book called We Who Wrestle With God and I'm looking at the psychological significance of the symbolic landscape at the base of our culture...”
Plugged We Who Wrestle with God
“I've been writing this new book called 'We Who Wrestle with God,' and I'm looking at the psychological significance of the symbolic landscape at the base of our culture.”
Plugged Bad Therapy
“So how has writing these last two books transformed the way that you live your life? It's it's funny they really have especially this one. This one was much more close to home because it's three kids I'm raising.”