Very Bad Therapy

55. VBT in History (2000s): Rebirthing Therapy


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Candace Newmaker was a 10-year-girl who tragically died in the process of rebirthing therapy, a variation of a pseudoscientific treatment of childhood trauma known as attachment therapy. This episode comes with a big trigger warning. If you were in a room where a child was being suffocated, would you do anything to stop her death?

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Show Notes:

  • Anti-racism resources
  • Anti-Racist Reading List from Ibram X. Kendi
  • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
  • 5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses "Good" White Women Give To Viral Posts
  • 'Rebirthing' Therapist Denies Guilt
  • The Tragic Tale Of Candace Newmaker, The Girl Who Died In A "Rebirthing" Treatment
  • The therapy that killed
  • Candace Newmaker (Wikipedia)
  • Attachment therapy (Wikipedia)
  • Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Tell Us Your Story
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