It's Not Just In Your Head
301 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Two mental health professionals explore how our capitalist economic system impacts our emotional lives. From precarious housing and employment, to unaffordable healthcare, to endless debt -- it's not just in your head!
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#64: Indigenous Mental Health, Suicide & Resistance (ft. Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos)
November 15, 2021 10:37 - 1 hour - 56 MBMax and Liam interview Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, professor of psychology at University of Toronto to talk about indigenous resistance, critical suicidology and more. What are the historical and structural forces that have led to such high suicide rates within indigenous populations? Is the mainstream symptom model of psychology appropriate to understand this phenomenon, and suicide in general? Why are native and white male suicide rates so high (do privilege and oppression possibly come with simi...
Indigenous suicide
November 12, 2021 23:30 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#63: Cooperation Humboldt, Solidarity Economics & Mental Health (ft. David Cobb)
November 11, 2021 10:58 - 52 minutes - 48 MBDavid Cobb (he/him) is a "people's lawyer" who has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He is the Executive Director of Cooperation Humboldt and Co-Coordinator of the US Solidarity Economy Network. Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at [email protected]. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server, an...
Revolution needs to be normalized!
November 01, 2021 12:18 - 1 minute - 1.6 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#62 Liberation Health Model (w/ Carissa Roberts)
October 31, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour - 59 MBCarissa Roberts emailed us and volunteered her own life experiences for a case conceptualization episode using the liberation health model. In this episode we discussed the various problems with the prevailing diagnostic and conceptualization systems in mental health, then use the liberation health triangle to try (scratching the surface of) understanding Carissa's life story and struggles. See a rough sketch using the LHM triangle here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U7gcIymrqCfGsOCzgI4W...
The Liberation Health Model
October 24, 2021 21:55 - 1 minute - 1.03 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#061: Black Trauma Treatment Planning (w/ Jason Myles & Pascal Robert)
October 18, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBJason Myles & Pascal Roberts, from the THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast join us to talk about black trauma from a political economy and Marxist perspective. Jason and Pascal had Catherine Liu on their show recently to talk specifically about "black trauma spectacle" ongoing within the culture industry, liberal media, and other areas of American society. We asked them what they thought more broadly about the concept of black trauma, racial trauma, intergenerational trauma, and what kind of "treatme...
#061: Black Trauma Treatment Planning (w/ Jason Myles & Pascal Roberts)
October 18, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBJason Myles & Pascal Roberts, from the THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast join us to talk about black trauma from a political economy and Marxist perspective. Jason and Pascal had Catherine Liu on their show recently to talk specifically about "black trauma spectacle" ongoing within the culture industry, liberal media, and other areas of American society. We asked them what they thought more broadly about the concept of black trauma, racial trauma, intergenerational trauma, and what kind of "treatme...
Why are racial disparities shocking?
October 12, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.56 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#60: Emotional Labor (interview w/ Harriet)
October 11, 2021 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBMax interviews Harriet about an article she wrote in 2008 ago called Toiling In The Field Of Emotion, published in Class Struggle on the Home Front. He asks her: what is emotional labor? How does the concept fit into Marxian economic analysis of economy and relationships? Why has the concept been repressed in Marxist circles? Toiling In The Field of Emotion: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057%2F9780230246997_6 Still faced experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmE3NfB_HhE&ab_ch...
Children's emotional labor
October 05, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#059: Eviction PTSD (Do You Meet Criteria?)
October 04, 2021 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this ep we talk about evictions and the trauma they cause, with some emphasis near the end on data showing that race better predicts eviction rates than income. Max shares his own eviction story and educates listeners about the difference between "soft" and "hard" evictions, as well as how extreme the power differential is between landlords and tenants. How helpful are "tenants rights" compared to property rights? Who has access to lawyers? When the landlord retaliates for you exercising ...
Everyday Landlord Terrorism
September 28, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.41 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#058: America's wretched history and getting "unstuck" (w/ Bob Hennelly)
September 27, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBWe interview award-winning investigative journalist Bob Hennelly about his new book "Stuck Nation: Can the United States Change Course on Our History of Choosing Profits Over People?" Learn more about Bob here: https://www.stucknation.com/bio.html Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at [email protected]. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. ATTENTION! This is...
If it doesn't pay it's not worth doing
September 22, 2021 19:31 - 50 seconds - 795 KBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#057: Domestic violence & intergenerational trauma (Liberation Health Case Conceptualization #1)
September 20, 2021 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBSome listeners suggested we do some case conceptualizations so we decided to use the liberation health model to conceptualize two past cases we had. We plan to try doing something like this once per month or so. Identifying aspects of these cases have been modified so that previous clients could not be identified if listeners, people they knew, or they themselves heard the episode. See here for information on the liberation health triangle which puts a problem at center, with personal, cul...
Liberation health triangle
September 14, 2021 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.08 MB(Mistake: personal, cultural, institutional - not personal, cultural, economic. See here: http://www.liberationhealth.org/documents/s12.pdf) Become a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#056: Violence & Conflict Literacy (ft. Bob Hall)
September 13, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBIn this episode we learn from Bob Hall about the concept of "conflict literacy" and how it relates to addressing different forms of interpersonal violence. Bob Hall is the founder of Learning To Live With Conflict, Inc., a company he established in 1987 to provide education and training in the analysis and resolution of conflict. His academic background includes a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Masters Degree in Conflict Res...
Conflict is good
September 07, 2021 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#055: Is Mindfulness A Capitalist Spirituality? (w/ Dr. Ron Purser)
September 06, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBRon Purser, Ph.D., author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, joins us for this episode. We ask him how mindfulness became a multi-billion dollar industry, why Silicon Valley has designed hundreds of mindfulness apps, and whether mindfulness is just a capitalist form of spirituality. Is mindfulness actually a secular medical intervention that improves focus, mood, and compassion? Is mindfulness in its modern Western form in service of anything beyond The...
#055: Mindfulness = Capitalist Spirituality? (w/ Dr. Ron Purser)
September 06, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBRon Purser, Ph.D., author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, joins us for this episode. We ask him how mindfulness became a multi-billion dollar industry, why Silicon Valley has designed hundreds of mindfulness apps, and whether mindfulness is just a capitalist form of spirituality. Is mindfulness actually a secular medical intervention that improves focus, mood, and compassion? Is mindfulness in its modern Western form in service of anything beyond The...
Mindfulness Reinforces The Ideal Neoliberal Subject
August 31, 2021 16:00 - 1 minute - 966 KBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#054: Why Are Millennials "The Therapy Generation"? (ft. Jennifer Silva)
August 30, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn this episode we interview Prof. Jennifer Silva, author of Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty. Silva interviewed 100 working class young adults for the book (published in 2013) and found that most interviewees attributed their life problems to psychological issues located within themselves rather than economic or political problems located outside of themselves. While Silva initially found it almost bewildering that none of her interviewees thought of their p...
Is "rugged individualism" a survival strategy?
August 24, 2021 20:00 - 26 seconds - 414 KBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#053: Aging Under Capitalism
August 23, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBPiggybagging off of last week's episode on death, Harriet and Max focus on aging. What's it like to grow older in a capitalist society that devalues anyone who doesn't produce wealth for the 1%? Why do older people tend to get lonelier over time, go into more debt than ever, and have some of the highest rates of bankruptcy? Harriet speaks on her experience as a 79 year old with more privileges than most - a nice place to live, healthy eating and exercise habits, having attained lots of educa...
I'm almost 80
August 17, 2021 19:00 - 1 minute - 1.16 MBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#052: Death, Marxism & Supernaturalism
August 16, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBMax shares about the recent passing of his estranged father and about some very odd and possibly supernatural experiences surrounding it, as well as some expected political economy commentary (his father was homeless in a world where housing is a globally financialized hyper-commodity). Tying the personal to the political, Harriet and Max both remark on how the materialist roots and emphases within Marxism seem sometimes devoid of attention to the seemingly non-materialist phenomena such as...
Death & Family
August 10, 2021 21:00 - 58 seconds - 918 KBBecome a patron of our podcast at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to get early access to full episodes, our discord chat room, and monthly reading/discussion groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#051: Cruel Optimism
August 03, 2021 01:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBHarriet explains what is cruel about a form of optimism that people internalize which says everything will be fine if they just work hard and follow the rules within this economic system and society. The US capitalist economy is pitted against the vast majority of people and waking up to this and understanding the collective situation we're all in is the first step. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to join monthly discussion groups by zoom, early access to episodes, and a...
Cruel optimism
July 27, 2021 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MBFor early access to this episode go to patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
Cruel optimism (teaser)
July 27, 2021 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MBFor early access to this episode go to patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#050: The Power Threat Meaning Framework (w/ Dr. Lucy Johnstone)
July 26, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBClinical psychologist Dr. Lucy Johnstone, one of the lead authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF), joins this episode to talk about the most ambitious, comprehensive challenge to the mainstream diagnostic mental health models used in Western society ever proposed. The PTMF, which was developed over a 5 year period under the British Psychological Society, attempts to replace the entire DSM-5 and ICD-10 and to re-conceptualize human distress as occurring within and often caused by...
1 in 4 are mentally ill, but soon 9 in 10 will be mentally ill, and eventually 100% of us will be mentally ill, at which point nobody will be mentally ill!
July 20, 2021 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3 MBThis is the voice of Dr. Lucy Johnstone, one of the lead authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) - an alternative to the DSM-5 and ICD-10 frameworks that have come to define not just Western culture's conceptual understanding of "mental disorders" but which have now exported into all parts of the world like a new form of psychological colonialism. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhea...
#049: Britney Was Made A Slave 4 U (#FreeBritney)
July 19, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBHarriet opens with a deep dive into the #FreeBritney conservatorship abuse phenomenon and how Britney Spears was basically turned into a slave to make her family, as well as legal and medical establishment profit-seekers, very rich at Britney's expense. Max recalls growing up with Britney Spears' music on the radio and TV, and asking about how many child pop stars are basically just child slaves for parental capitalist bosses. What exactly are children for? Hit us baby one more time with fe...
#FreeBritney
July 15, 2021 22:20 - 1 minute - 1.51 MBGet early access to this episode on #FreeBritney at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#FreeBritney (trailer)
July 15, 2021 22:20 - 1 minute - 1.51 MBGet early access to this episode on #FreeBritney at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#048: Politically Polarized Families
July 12, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBA listener emailed us about how politically polarized their family was, and how painful this was for everyone to experience. Harriet and Max comment on what may have caused this phenomenon historically and economically. Email us if your family is politically polarized and whether this causes you distress or if you're fine with this abeing your family dynamic. Do you avoid political conversations? Do you just listen to family members? Have you cut them off permanently due to their views? its...
My alt-right dad, neo-lib mom, and intersectional-anarcho-communist self. Help!
July 06, 2021 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBGet early access to this episode at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#047: A Critique Of #TikTokTherapy
July 05, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this solocast episode, Max offers some critiques of the depoliticized and McDonaldized way #mentalhealth is discussed on social media. When he saw a recent CIA recruitment video that included a millennial Latinx CIA agent identifying as being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and listening to some nearby 20-somethings use a bucket full of DSM-5 and pop-psych jargon, he began wondering why #mentalhealth content has become so #relateable to the millennial and zoomer generations. ...
#TikTokTherapy (trailer)
June 29, 2021 14:00 - 44 seconds - 600 KBGet early access to the full episode unironically at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#046: Middle and Upper Class Guilt
June 28, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBDo you ever feel guilty or ashamed for having climbed or been born into a more "middle class" or "upper class" position on the socioeconomic ladder? Harriet and Max call this phenomenon "class guilt," and define it separately from other forms of "privilege guilt" such as white guilt and male guilt. Harriet complicates "class" by reminding us of the Marxian definition. Some argue there are multiple classes in society denoted by amounts of money or types of jobs, but on a basic level there are...
Guilt and shame (about socioeconomic position)
June 22, 2021 14:00 - 44 seconds - 694 KBGet early access to the full episode, monthly reading groups, and the patron-only discord server at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#045: Identity wrap-up
June 21, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBHarriet and Max "wrap up" on identity politics so they can move on to other topics. [email protected], patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management. --- Send in a voice mes...
The erasure of women of color in union organizing
June 13, 2021 17:22 - 57 seconds - 889 KBFull episode at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. Please give us feedback / reactions to our conversations at [email protected] or anonymously here: https://forms.gle/cafw3KxpQ9XjK9xJ8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#044: Does Validation Cause Narcissism? (ft. Angie Speaks)
June 07, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBYoutuber and podcaster Angie Speaks joins us to talk about what inspired her recent video "How Validation Ruined Your Life: Narcissism and Social Justice." In this episode we discuss (and debate) whether there is value to identifying or allying with certain groups along lines of gender, race, ethnicity, immigration status, etc. Angie argues that most identification to this effect has been twisted into pseudo-political culture wars that produce more infighting and political ineffectiveness....
White people walking on eggshells around Black people
June 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.48 MBClip of an upcoming episode with Youtuber Angie Speaks. Check out her work here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUtloyZ_Iu4BJekIqPLc_fQ Get early access to this episode at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#043: Suicide vs. Fighting For Worlds Worth Living In (w/ Prof. Jennifer White)
May 31, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThis week we talk to Jennifer White, one of the founders of the Critical Suicidology Network. White is a professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. She served for 7 years as the Director of Suicide Prevention Center in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. With White, we learn about the new field of "critical suicidology," which seeks to rethink what it means to study and prevent suicide in a more divers...
How to rebel (without committing suicide)
May 25, 2021 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBShort clip of upcoming episode with critical suicidologist Jennifer White. Hear the whole episode early at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/11/rethinking-suicide-prevention-interview-critical-suicide-studies-jennifer-white/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support
#042: Boss vs. Worker Psychology (ft. Tedwood Strong & Jen Garcia)
May 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBTwo union organizers from Atlanta, Georgia join us to explore questions about the psychology of bosses versus workers in the context of union organizing. What's a typical reaction of managers and bosses when workers form a union? Are these reactions any different with more liberal or progressive bosses? Are workers who organize a real or imagined threat to a business owner's sense of identity and accomplishments? What are common fears that prevent workers from organizing? When workers do org...
American workers have never experienced solidarity
May 18, 2021 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBVoice of Jen Garcia, workplace organizer and "reformed animator." Get access to the full episode and our monthly reading groups at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support