You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist
Hosted by Lisa Mustard and Stephanie · Stephanie Winn
4.2from 335 ratings
- 231
- Episodes
- 77
- Transcribed
- 335
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 538K
- YouTube views
About You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist
A podcast at the intersection of psychology and culture that intimately explores the human experience and critiques the counseling profession. Your host, Stephanie Winn, distills wisdom gained from her practice as a family therapist and coach while pivoting towards questions of how to apply a practical understanding of psychology to the novel dilemmas of the 21st century, from political polarization to medical malpractice. What does ethical mental health care look like in a normless age, as our moral compasses spin in search of true north? How can therapists treat patients under pressure to affirm everything from the notion of "gender identity" to assisted suicide? Primarily a long-form interview podcast, Stephanie invites unorthodox, free-thinking guests from many walks of life, including counselors, social workers, medical professionals, writers, researchers, and people with unique lived experience, such as detransitioners. Curious about many things, Stephanie’s interdisciplinary psychological lens investigates challenging social issues and inspires transformation in the self, relationships, and society. She is known for bringing calm warmth to painful subjects, and astute perceptiveness to ethically complex issues. Pick up a torch to illuminate the dark night and join us on this journey through the inner wilderness. You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist ranks in the top 1% globally according to ListenNotes. New episodes are released every Monday. Three and a half years after the show's inception in May of 2022, Stephanie became a Christian, representing the crystallization of moral, spiritual, and existential views she had been openly grappling with along with her audience and guests. Newer episodes (#188 forward) may sometimes reflect a Christian understanding, interwoven with and applied to the same issues the podcast has always addressed. The podcast remains diverse and continues to feature guests from all viewpoints.
- Publisher
- Stephanie Winn
- Category
- health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
77 of 231 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
232. Katy Faust: Adults Should Do Hard Things So Children Don’t Have To
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
231. Detransition Lawsuits: Legal Accountability for Medical Harm with Lynn Chadwick
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
230. Meet Young Stephanie: My Untold Story, Drawn Out by Soad Tabrizi
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232. Katy Faust: Adults Should Do Hard Things So Children Don’t Have To
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We think that adults should do hard things because the alternative is children do hard things for adults. Now, there are scenarios of brokenness and loss because we live in a broken world. And then you have parents that do what they can to mend the wound. And that's a hard thing, too. You know, you I know heroic step parents. I know that you are working in whatever way that you can to bring health and stability. in your context right so that is what we want we want adults doing hard things on behalf of children not forcing children to do hard things on their behalf and sometimes in this i'm an adoptive mom sometimes in this world you look at a situation you say i can't undo the loss i can seek to mend the loss and that's that's probably a better governing statement for what it is that we are seeking to do with them before us and seeking to advocate Children have a right to life, a right to their mother and father, a right to be born free, not bought and sold. […]
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- Katy Faust
- Lynn Chadwick
- Soad Tabrizi
- Karen King
- Wesley Smith
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 538,083
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 176 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.9 / 5
- 159 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 95 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist?
Lisa Mustard and Stephanie host the show. Published by Stephanie Winn.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist take guests?
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