“Shocking, revelatory, and eminently important, Bad Therapy had me gripped from the first page. Abigail Shrier is an exquisite writer and a courageous voice. A must read!”?Amy Chua,?Yale law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and The Golden Gate
“Essential reading for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals.”?Richard J. McNally, PhD, professor of psychology at Harvard University “Shrier persuasively and forcefully demonstrates how mental health professionals (and some parents) often make things worse for the kids and adolescents they aim to help."?Elizabeth Loftus, distinguished professor of psychological science at University of California, Irvine “A powerful critique of a culture in which ‘traumatic’ describes anything from horrific abuse to your new laptop going on the blink.”?Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School “Abigail Shrier is the smartest and most courageous reporter in the country. There’s a high cost to telling the truth, but for parents and kids, the rewards are beyond measure. Five stars.”?Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer at The Atlantic “A dazzling combination of investigative reporting and story-telling. A groundbreaking book.”?Gerald Posner, award-winning investigative journalist and author of Pharma |