Prince Harry’s on-camera Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR) psychotherapy session for his Apple TV+ series with Oprah, it becomes evident that therapy is no longer confined to the psychiatrist’s couch – he has successfully turned it into an entertainment format.
Back in 2004 when I published my study, Therapy Culture, I was struck by the powerful trend towards an inappropriate expansion of therapy from a clinical setting to every dimension of public life.
The medicalisation of human problems ran in parallel with the valuation of public emoting. The death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 constituted a watershed moment when a new regime of emotional correctness gained traction.
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