Sep 11, 2026 · 59 min · 13 segments
Self-diagnosis, therapy speak, social media, and mental health labels are changing how young people understand themselves and their emotions. In this episode, we explore when these labels can help…
Anna SeewaldHost
I am Anna Seewald and this is Authentic Parenting, a podcast about growing ourselves while raising our children.
Through my work and this podcast, I help parents break generational cycles of trauma, reconnect with their authentic selves, and raise emotionally healthy children.
Together, we've built a global community of conscious parents who want something different for the next generation.
Today, when every feeling becomes a diagnosis, the problem with self-diagnosis and TherapySpeak.
What's the upside and downside of it? Today, we're talking about the rise of TherapySpeak among girls and young women.
specifically, and how diagnosis, labels, social media, and therapy culture can sometimes help us understand our pain, but can also make it harder to understand ourselves.
My guest, Dr. Suzanne Garfunkel Crowell, offers a nuanced look at this complicated shift.
and most importantly, explores how we can help girls move beyond labels and reconnect with their own emotions, experiences, and sense of agency.
If you're raising a daughter or working with young women, this conversation will give you a new way to listen, ask questions, and have more meaningful conversations.
This is an important, thought-provoking, and insightful conversation, and I hope you'll find it helpful.
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