55. VBT in History (2000s): Rebirthing Therapy
Very Bad Therapy · Very Bad Therapy
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Show Notes
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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