Therapy culture has entered the mainstream, and its prevalence on social media is changing how people form relationships and relate to one another – to the point that ‘therapy talk’ is now experiencing some pushback. What’s causing this cultural shift as people seek tools to support their wellbeing?
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Sara London is a freelance journalist, author, and satirist-when-convenient. She has a graduate degree in an individualised psychoanalytic research intensive from New York University. She writes articles about psychology, wellness, pop culture, and the future of work. Sara’s first book, The Performance Therapist and Authentic Therapeutic Identity: Coming Into Being (2023), explores tenets of performance art melded with psychoanalytic theory to create the hopeful new notion of a performance therapist.
Karen Conlon is the founder and clinical director of Cohesive Therapy NYC. She earned a master’s degree in social work from New York University and has extensive training in hypnosis, anxiety, cognitive behavioural therapy, brainspotting, and DGBI. She is a member of the Institute of Certified Anxiety Treatment Professionals, The Rome Foundation, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American Social of Clinical Hypnosis. Conlon is also a published author, sought-out subject expert, and hosts the So, Hows Therapy? podcast.
Jodie Cariss is the founder of Self Space, a therapist with over 18 years of experience in the field, and a Tavistock-trained executive coach. Cariss has fast become a leading voice advocating for accessible mental health support. She is the co-author of How to Grow Through What You Go Through (2022) and regularly contributes to panel talks, podcasts, and media titles such as Stylist, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and The Times. Her experience is vast, spanning global sectors as both a consultant and an ambassador.
Mariella’s experience is wide: she has written, researched, edited and produced content that covers everything from fashion to feminism, travel to tech, and women to weed. Having worked in the fashion space for over ten years, she now focuses her energy on positive change, whether consulting and strategising for her femtech-inclined clients or reporting on women’s health. She has been published in the likes of Bustle, DAZED MEDIA, The Spaces, and Grazia Middle East, while also creating content for Appear Here, On, MATCHES, and Ounass. You can also find culture/consumer insight articles with her byline on LS:N Global, Canvas8 and BEAUTYMATTER —for the US, UK, and Middle Eastern markets.
