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When therapy becomes a luxury guilt trip

My therapist costs more per session than most people make in a day and talking about my privilege feels like the most expensive form of self-indulgence.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health resources that address privilege can paradoxically reinforce the very inequalities they examine.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Colonialism and persistent wealth inequality?”

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