Authoritarian movements in the U.S. don’t appear out of nowhere, they inherit patterns. In this episode, Jeremy traces the American authoritarian family tree from Gerald L. K. Smith’s Christian Identity movement shaping modern Christian Nationa...

This week Jeremy is joined by therapist, writer, and occasional radio host Deana Bianco. Jeremy and Deana talk about her journey to becoming a mental health professional, the decline in journalism standards, and how music helps us through tough...

This week Jeremy looks at how evangelical, Dobson-style parenting normalizes obedience, fear, and punishment which leads into pro-cop, pro-ICE “law and order” politics. What looks like a contradiction between “don’t tread on me” freedom rhetori...

This week Jeremy shares some insight on the ins-and-outs of New Year's resolutions. He looks at resolutions as a modern control ritual that turns exhaustion, seasonal biology, and systemic burnout into individual failings. Jeremy talks about ho...

This week Jeremy looks at the process in which standup comedy has become a “neutral” on-ramp for culture-war ideology, shifting the Overton Window not through arguments, but through vibes, repetition, and algorithmic adjacency. We look at what ...

Lolz, obviously not. This week Jeremy takes a deeper look at the inevitable and terribly unsurprising turn of right wing media grifters and tech fascists to religion! Joe Rogan thinks AI is Jesus, and Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the an...

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...

Jeremy sits himself on the couch to reflect on what he did this year for his own mental wellness. As always, Jeremy has all his practice info at Wellness with Jer, and you can find him on <...

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 h...

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 s...

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 discu...

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 tal...

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...

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...

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 tr...

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 advers...

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...

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 corre...

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 figur...

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 mou...

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 cu...

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 ...

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 relentle...

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 p...

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 sav...