It's Not Just In Your Head
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#69: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine (ft. Renee A. Schuls-Jacobson)
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max & Harriet speak to Renee A. Schuls-Jacobson about her book 'Psychiatrized: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine'. "When a trusted physicia...
#68: Psychoanalysis & Revolution (ft. Ian Parker)
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max, Harriet and Liam talk with one of two authors about a new book 'Psychoanalysis & Revolution', exploring the different 'psy' disciplines and w...
#67: Happiness... USA vs the world
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet examines 'The World Happiness Report 2021' and why America, one of the richest countries in the world, is ranked 19th. What are the othe...
#66: Striketober
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet takes a deep dive into the events of Striketober and the hope it offers. Harriet & Liam also discuss the issues raised in the Medium artic...
#65: Activist Burnout (ft. Max & Max)
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever take on so much activist work that you become physically or emotionally sick? Begin to hate everyone around you for not 'throwing &n...
#64: Indigenous Mental Health, Suicide & Resistance (ft. Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos)
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max and Liam interview Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, professor of psychology at University of Toronto to talk about indigenous resistance, critical suicidology...
#63: Cooperation Humboldt, Solidarity Economics & Mental Health (ft. David Cobb)
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Cobb (he/him) is a "people's lawyer" who has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office himself, and been arr...
#62 Liberation Health Model (w/ Carissa Roberts)
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carissa Roberts emailed us and volunteered her own life experiences for a case conceptualization episode using the liberation health model. In this ep...
#061: Black Trauma Treatment Planning (w/ Jason Myles & Pascal Robert)
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Myles & Pascal Roberts, from the THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast join us to talk about black trauma from a political economy and Marxist perspect...
#60: Emotional Labor (interview w/ Harriet)
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max 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. H...
#059: Eviction PTSD (Do You Meet Criteria?)
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 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...
#058: America's wretched history and getting "unstuck" (w/ Bob Hennelly)
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview award-winning investigative journalist Bob Hennelly about his new book "Stuck Nation: Can the United States Change Course on Our History ...
#057: Domestic violence & intergenerational trauma (Liberation Health Case Conceptualization #1)
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some listeners suggested we do some case conceptualizations so we decided to use the liberation health model to conceptualize two past cases we had. W...
#056: Violence & Conflict Literacy (ft. Bob Hall)
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we learn from Bob Hall about the concept of "conflict literacy" and how it relates to addressing different forms of interpersonal viol...
#055: Is Mindfulness A Capitalist Spirituality? (w/ Dr. Ron Purser)
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Purser, Ph.D., author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, joins us for this episode. We ask him how mindfuln...
#054: Why Are Millennials "The Therapy Generation"? (ft. Jennifer Silva)
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Prof. Jennifer Silva, author of Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty. Silva interviewed 100 ...
#053: Aging Under Capitalism
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Piggybagging 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 a...
#052: Death, Marxism & Supernaturalism
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max shares about the recent passing of his estranged father and about some very odd and possibly supernatural experiences surrounding it, as well as s...
#051: Cruel Optimism
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet 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 t...
#050: The Power Threat Meaning Framework (w/ Dr. Lucy Johnstone)
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical psychologist Dr. Lucy Johnstone, one of the lead authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF), joins this episode to talk about the m...
#049: Britney Was Made A Slave 4 U (#FreeBritney)
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet opens with a deep dive into the #FreeBritney conservatorship abuse phenomenon and how Britney Spears was basically turned into a slave to make...
#048: Politically Polarized Families
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A listener emailed us about how politically polarized their family was, and how painful this was for everyone to experience. Harriet and Max comment o...
#047: A Critique Of #TikTokTherapy
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this solocast episode, Max offers some critiques of the depoliticized and McDonaldized way #mentalhealth is discussed on social media. When he saw ...
#046: Middle and Upper Class Guilt
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do 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? H...
#045: Identity wrap-up
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max "wrap up" on identity politics so they can move on to other topics. [email protected], patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. ...
#044: Does Validation Cause Narcissism? (ft. Angie Speaks)
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Youtuber and podcaster Angie Speaks joins us to talk about what inspired her recent video "How Validation Ruined Your Life: Narcissism and Social Just...
#043: Suicide vs. Fighting For Worlds Worth Living In (w/ Prof. Jennifer White)
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This 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 Ca...
#042: Boss vs. Worker Psychology (ft. Tedwood Strong & Jen Garcia)
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two union organizers from Atlanta, Georgia join us to explore questions about the psychology of bosses versus workers in the context of union organizi...
#041: What is capitalism and why should you care? (ft. Richard Wolff)
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marxian economist Richard Wolff joins us for this episode to help us define our terms. What do we mean when we use words like capitalism, socialism, a...
#040: Identity Politics & Mental Health (w/ Asad Haider)
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we invited Asad Haider on to talk about identity politics and mental health. Haider wrote a book called Mistaken Identity in 2018, wh...
#39: Occupational Therapy vs. Capitalism
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max interviews Occupational Therapist Maria Dong to talk about the many ways our for-profit healthcare system negatively impacts healthcare workers an...
#038: Will Biden's "Caring Economy" Infrastructure Plan Empower Women?
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet reviews Biden's ambitious infrastructure and jobs plan and the inclusion of various aspects of the "caring economy," including investment into...
#037: What's Wrong With Mainsteam Psychology? w/ Bethany Morris
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany Morris joins us to talk about critical and community psychology, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and borderline personality disorder. Dr. Morris is a...
#036: Childcare 4 All (w/ Sarah R and Mo from DSA)
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Mo join Max to talk about the many reasons why a universal childcare program in the U.S. would be good for the mental health of children, mo...
#035: The economy is crumbling - how does that make us feel?
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Harriet gives a broad "macro" zoom out view of what's going on in America right now economically and politically. Next, she zooms in ...
#034: Abolish ICE To Treat Immigrant PTSD? (ft. Randy Capps)
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We reached out to Migration Policy Institute (MPI) to discuss their research on immigration enforcement and Latino adolescent mental health, resulting...
#033: We're All Addicts (w/ Kevin Gallagher)
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fellow mental health counselor Kevin Gallagher joins us to talk about the history of addiction in America, its causes, and cures. Kevin shares w...
#032: Cultural Anthropologist Roy Grinker On Capitalism, Brain Science vs Supernaturalism, and The Neurodiversity Movement
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Roy Grinker, cultural anthropologist and author of Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness. His...
[Listener response] Clarifying our stance on psych meds
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A listener shared with us that they felt that in episode #030 it sounded like we were shaming people who take psych meds. We wanted to clarify our sta...
#032: Is The PMC Delusional? (w/ Catherine Liu)
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max interviews author of the polemical book Virtue Hoarders, Catherine Liu, about the ways the so-called Professional-Managerial Class (PMC) uses fake...
#031: Do Women Have Better Sex In Socialist & Communist Countries? (ft. Kristen Ghodsee)
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Ghodsee joins us to talk about sex and sexuality across the varied socialist experiments that took place for most of the 20th century in Easte...
#30: Are DSM-5 Mental Disorders A Construct Of Capitalism?
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the origins and psychological and international implications of the existence and widespread use of the DS...
#029: Too Poor To Eat And Losing Your Mind From Hunger (ft. Tati Cosper)
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tati Cosper contacted us to raise awareness about the connections between hunger, poverty and mental health in America - so we did an episode on it wi...
Marxist Mindfulness 1: Sensing The Scalp And Contemplating Shampoo
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max has been wanting to explore this for a while and Harriet gave him permission to do this as a solo episode - but it's not really an episode. It's a...
#028: Were the Capitol Hill Riots caused by white supremacy, neoliberalism, or digital influence operations?
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Harriet and Max offer different interpretations of the Capitol Hill riots and what caused them from both a personal psychological per...
#027: The LGBT Working Class vs. Rainbow Capitalism (w/ Eric Pierce)
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke to one of our supporters and comrades, fellow mental health and social worker Eric Piece about the intersections of LGBT issues and capitalis...
#026: Healing ourselves by fighting gentrification and slumification... and can we abolish rent completely? (ft. tenant organizer Talia Smith)
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of tenants are at risk of being thrown out onto the street this year due to the covid-19 eviction moratoria being lifted federally and throug...
(Crossover Episode) Social Medicine On Air: "Mental Health, Individualism, and the Economy"
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a crossover episode we did with the hosts of Social Medicine On Air, a podcast very similar to our own but run by two physicians. Listen to th...
#025: Climate Anxiety (w/ Ecological Engineer Sam Francis)
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ecological Engineering Phd student Sam Francis joins us for this episode to talk about climate anxiety: the very real and "not just in your head" prob...
#024: Decommodify All Parts Of The Economy Related To Human Need
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet proposes in this episode that for Americans to have good mental health, we have to decommodify all parts of the economy related to human need ...
#023: Unionized Therapists Fighting For Client Care And Workers Rights
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max interview two therapists who also act as "shop stewards" with the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) - Jackie Schalit LMFT an...
#022: Worker Cooperative Led By Mental Health Workers! (Tell Your Therapist To Join The Movement)
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We are a cooperatively-run mental health practice located in Bushwick, Brooklyn" - from the Alliance Psychological Services website which also reads ...
Harming Relationships With Your Politics (Patron Q/A)
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We try to answer Patron questions as often as we can. In this recording, we answer Jake's question about how to avoid harming relationships with your ...
#021: Can Joe Biden Improve Our Mental Health?
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will a Joe Biden presidency be better for our collective mental health? Harriet thinks having a neoliberal president is better than a fascist presiden...
#020: Will Biden build me 2.6 single family homes? (ft. Justin Roczniak AKA "donoteat01")
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview leftist civil engineer Justin Roczniak (aka "donoteat01" on YouTube) to better understand the history of single family ho...
#019: Abolish The Family? (full episode)
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet describes the invention of the nuclear family as part of the transition from European feudalism to capitalism, with attention to the fun...
#018: Interviewing Sex Worker Gemma Paradise and Feminist Studies Scholar Dr. Heather Berg
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to helpfully critical feedback we received on our W.A.P. episode, we were lucky to make contact with guests Gemma Paradise and Dr. Heather Berg...
#017: Three communist psychotherapists walk into a church (ft. Bruce Rogers-Vaughn)
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Christian minister and anti-capitalist psychotherapist Bruce Rogers-Vaughn, whose deep and calming voice happens to be an...
Answering Patron Questions
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We answer four questions from our Patreon community Support us at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Contact us at [email protected]...
#016: Therapists React To W.A.P. By Cardi B (SHOCKING!)
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Note from the future: thanks to helpfully critical feedback we received for this episode, we recorded a follow up one with sex worker Gemma Par...
#015: Immigrating from Africa, Black Lives Matter, and Woke Capitalism (a chat with Russel Ndip)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max interview one of their listeners for this episode and cover a wide variety of topics from immigration to gender and cross-cultural exp...
#014: Suicide
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
USA National Suicide hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Max does a solo episode on the topic of suicide (Harriet will be back next week!). Topics he explo...
#013: How To Form A Tenant's Union
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode, Max explains how to form a tenant's union, from inside his car. He gives an overview of what the benefits are of tenants uniting...
#012: Interview with Social Worker co-creator of the Liberation Health Model: Dawn Belkin Martinez
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max interview Dawn Belkin Martinez about the Liberation Health Model, which she and other social workers developed 20 years ago to move to...
#011: Sex, Love, and Intimacy Under Neoliberalism
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have a Patreon now! To support us go to Patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. In this episode, Max and Harriet talk about how neoliberalism paved the ...
#010: Can Labor Organizing Treat Depression? ft. Rachel Mendelson
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max chat with biomolecular engineering grad student Rachel Mendelson about her experience participating in the historic Cost Of Living Adj...
#009: Mental Health In Rural America ft. Pete Bourgelais
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet and Max talk with Pete Bourgelais about mental health in rural America, with emphasis on Maine because that's where Pete is from (and is runni...
#008: Corona Emotions
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode, Harriet talks about the many ways people are being impacted emotionally by the current pandemic. Men in particular having a hard...
#007: How The Plantation Class Invented Race To Divide Us, Why MLK Supported Multi-Racial Unionism, and Dr. Luke Wood's Black Minds Matter Project
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we cover both "macro" and "micro" points of discussion about race and racism. Harriet starts off with explaining how capitalism has al...
#006: Our backgrounds, BPD, diet and mental health, Gloria Steinem is a cop, and the Liberation Health Model!
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry for the long gap between episodes! We respond to some fanmail and Anchor messages covering topics such as: how we developed our views based on o...
#005: Mental Health Awareness Month & The Nonprofit Industrial Complex
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Max and Harriet lay out their critique of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth by first speaking on its origins - a big pharma funded nonprofit called Mental H...
#004: A Tale of Four Depressions
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of this episode, Harriet lays out a thesis on four depressions in the United States. 1) Depression of wages and employment in the la...
#003: Does meditating, doing yoga, and practicing self-care make the world better?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
[Disclaimer: Harriet and Max are pro-meditation, pro-yoga, and pro- self-care! And want listeners to think about these practices within a broader soci...
#002: Covid-19, Mental Health, and The Return Of The Strike! (May Day Edition)
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on May 1, International Worker's Day, mental health counselors Harriet and Max talk about the many ways covid-19 is impacting our collective ...
#001: It's Not Just In Your Head
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Max and Harriet introduce themselves, how they met and why they're starting the podcast with hopes of reaching other mental health practit...