Podcast

Is Everything Trauma Now? A Psychotherapist Answers

His argument isn't the one you'd expect from a therapist.

Eli Hastings has been a psychotherapist for 15 years, holds a master's in applied psychology and works mostly with complex trauma. He thinks a lot of what gets labelled trauma isn't, that genuine chemical imbalance accounts for a small minority of cases, and that a large part of his own industry is content to run standard protocols for years without ever reaching the root of anything.

Chapters

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1. 0:00Meet Eli Hastings
2. 3:13From storytelling to psychotherapy
3. 6:20The straw man industry
4. 12:30Treating the problem or the symptom
5. 15:35Trauma versus brain chemistry
6. 18:35Why he doesn't think it's toxic masculinity
7. 23:49Roles in relationships now
8. 26:55The author who said men weren't her area
9. 33:15Where faith fits in
10. 42:40The mission trip to Guatemala
11. 45:49Everything society said would make him happy
12. 58:29His mother's illness