In the first episode, I sat down with a Berlin-based psychologist, Mikko, to discuss mental health in the times of corona and psychotherapy in general. It was a weird year for all of us and I was curious about how it was for people whose job is to keep other people sane.

Among other stuff, we talked about how to recognize that you need help, why therapy is so expensive and is microdosing actually good for you.

00:14 - Intro

01:39 - Warm-up/remote work

04:54 - Why psychotherapy is so expensive

08:15 - Price of therapy in Ukraine

09:43 - Education you need to be a psychotherapist

13:43 - Does everyone need therapy?

16:00 - How to see if the therapist is good for you

16:58 - How to understand that you are depressed (spoiler alert: google it)

19:10 - Why Mikko became a psychotherapist

20:08 - The best part of being a therapist

24:35 - Why do therapy if you have friends

26:22 - Did pandemic affected the workload of therapists

27:37 - Human sterilization in Sweden

28:18 - Did corona expose issues of the society

29:34 - Epidemic of depression

34:24 - How to find a healthy line between working and chilling

36:05 - Self-help (Meditation apps, books, etc)

40:10 - Vipassana meditation

43:08 - Microdosing and drugs

46:23 - Are all therapists messed up?

48:35 - Dima’s attachment issues

51:55 - Pitching of the “fake therapist” idea