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Therapists Are Sick of Your Therapy-Speak

They warn that social media buzzwords do more harm than good in relationships

(Newser) - Couples therapy sessions are starting to sound a lot like TikTok, and for many therapists, that's not a compliment. As the Atlantic reports, clinicians say a growing number of partners are arriving armed with "therapy-speak" picked up online—terms like "gaslighting," "narcissist," "trauma...

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This Story Is About Gaslighting. Or Is It?

Leslie Jamison takes a deep dive into the amorphous meaning of the term these days

(Newser) - Have you ever been gaslit? The answer is without a doubt yes given the hard-to-pin-down nature of the term that has exploded in popularity . Leslie Jamison digs in at the New Yorker , beginning with the dictionary definition—the "psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of...

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