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The Ghosts in Our Heads: Why Halloween's Rituals of Fear and Darkness Might Be the Most Honest Form of Therapy We Have

The Ghosts in Our Heads: Why Halloween's Rituals of Fear and Darkness Might Be the Most Honest Form of Therapy We Have

Halloween isn't just about sweets and screaming - it's a collective therapy session. Exploring how confronting darkness through ritual, fear, and play helps us integrate the ghosts within.
Matt Hussey 29 Oct 2025
TikTok and Derealisation: How the Infinite Scroll Is Warping Our Sense of Reality

TikTok and Derealisation: How the Infinite Scroll Is Warping Our Sense of Reality

Derealisation used to follow trauma. Now, therapists say it's showing up after TikTok binges. The Disquiet investigates how algorithmic design is reshaping the texture of reality itself.
Matt Hussey 28 Oct 2025
Influence for Sale: Inside the Creator Economy's Mind Games

Influence for Sale: Inside the Creator Economy's Mind Games

Unpack the dark psychology of the creator economy - where influencers weaponize trust, intimacy, and scarcity to drive sales and shape opinions among Gen Z audiences.
Matt Hussey 27 Oct 2025
Therapist Email Templates: Clear, Kind, Boundaried

Therapist Email Templates: Clear, Kind, Boundaried

Matt Hussey 23 Oct 2025
The Therapist Email Templates Pack

The Therapist Email Templates Pack

Matt Hussey 23 Oct 2025
Care for Sale: How Venture Capital Turned the Care of Children and the Mentally Ill Into a Profitable, Quietly Devastating Business

Care for Sale: How Venture Capital Turned the Care of Children and the Mentally Ill Into a Profitable, Quietly Devastating Business

Private equity is reshaping care - from children's homes to mental health services. This piece exposes the moral cost of turning vulnerability into profit and asks: what happens when care is no longer care at all?
Matt Hussey 22 Oct 2025
The Invisible Funnel Framework: How Therapists Fill Their Diaries Without "Marketing"

The Invisible Funnel Framework: How Therapists Fill Their Diaries Without "Marketing"

Matt Hussey 19 Oct 2025

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